Understanding Low Back Biomechanics: Through the relation between spinal stiffness and back muscle activity - Couverture souple

Wong, Arnold YL

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3659105651 ISBN 13 : 9783659105654

Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Approximately 60-80% of people experience low back pain at least once in their lifetime. Given the poor correlation between radiological findings and low back pain, physicians and physiotherapists usually palpate patients with low back pain to assess the severity of back pain and to make differential diagnosis. However, this clinical assessment has been criticized for its subjectivity and low reliability. This book includes comprehensive reviews on different spinal stiffness assessments and paraspinal surface electromyography, as well as two empirical studies using state-of-the-art technology to investigate the relation between spinal stiffness and back muscle activity. The results of these studies revealed that there was a directional specific relation between the two in healthy individuals. The results help develop a new method that may improve the accuracy of back assessment in clinical practice. This book proivdes up-to-date information on spinal research for both researchers and clinicians.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Arnold YL Wong is an award-winning junior clinician-scientist and a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta, Canada. His research focuses on the mechanisms of low back pain and its therapeutic interventions. He has published a number of journal articles and presented at many international research conferences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3659105651
• ISBN 13: 9783659105654
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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