| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 590 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Part 1 Current Developments in Epidemiology; 1 Epidemiology of Back Pain, from the Laboratory to the Bus Stop: Psychosocial Risk Factors, Biological Mechanisms, and Interventions in Population- Based Research; 2 Defining Chronic Pain by Prognosis; Part 2 Risk Factors of Chronic Back Pain and Disability: Biological Mechanisms; 3 Genetic Factors Modulating Chronic Back Pain; 4 Peripheral and Central Sensitization as Risk Factors of Low Back Pain |
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5 Dysfunction of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Associated Stress Axes in the Development of Chronic Low Back Pain6 Central Imaging of Pain and the Process of Chronicity; 7 Structural Brain Changes in Patients with Chronic Back Pain; 8 The Psychophysiology of Chronic Back Pain Patients; Part 3 Risk Factors of Chronic Back Pain and Disability: Biomechanical Mechanisms; 9 Electromyographically-Determined Muscular Fatigue in Low Back Pain; 10 Unmasking the Deconditioning Paradigm for Chronic Low Back Pain Patients |
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Part 4 Risk Factors of Chronic Back Pain and Disability: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Mechanisms11 Screening of Psychosocial Risk Factors (Yellow Flags) for Chronic Back Pain and Disability; 12 Dispositional Fear, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Hypervigilance; 13 Processes Underlying the Relation between Catastrophizing and Chronic Pain: Implications for Intervention; 14 Fear-Avoidance as a Risk Factor for the Development of Chronic Back Pain and Disability; 15 Endurance-Related Pain Responses in the Development of Chronic Back Pain |
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16 Cognitive Processing and Self-Pain Enmeshment in Chronic Back Pain17 Significant Others in the Chronicity of Pain and Disability; 18 Effects of Workers' Compensation Systems on Recovery from Disabling Injuries; 19 Work-Related Risk Factors for Transition to Chronic Back Pain and Disability; Part 5 Practitioner's Role in the Process of Care; 20 The Physician as Disability Advisor for Back Pain Patients; 21 The Attitudes and Beliefs of Clinicians Treating Back Pain: Do They Affect Patients' Outcome?; Part 6 Clinical Implications: New Approaches to Diagnostics and Treatment |
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22 International Guidelines for the Diagnostics and Treatment of Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Back PainPart 7 Clinical Approaches for Patients with Acute and Subacute Low Back Pain; 23 Engaging Patients in their Own Care for Back Care: The Role of Education and Advice in the Prevention of Chronic Pain and Disability; 24 Motivational Issues in Pain Management; 25 Pharmacotherapy of Low Back Pain; Part 8 Subgroup-Specific Approaches for Patients at Risk For or With Chronic Pain; 26 Reviewing the Concept of Subgroups in Subacute and Chronic Pain and the Potential of Customizing Treatments |
| Summary |
Chronic back pain has been and continues to be a major cause of distress (both to people with persistent pain and their significant others), disability, work loss, and a huge cost to society. Moreover, with the aging population, it is becoming even more prevalent and as a consequence is having an escalating impact upon the healthcare systems and society as a whole worldwide. A significant issue concerns understanding why, although the majority of people with acute back symptomsrecover in a reasonable time, a significant minority evolve into patients with chronic pain and prolonged pain-related |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Backache.
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Chronic pain.
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Low Back Pain -- physiopathology
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Acute Pain -- physiopathology
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Chronic Pain -- physiopathology
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Low Back Pain -- psychology
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Risk Factors
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Backache
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Chronic pain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hasenbring, Monika
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Rusu, Adina C
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Turk, Dennis C
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| ISBN |
9780191625718 |
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019162571X |
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128358106X |
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9781283581066 |
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0191753343 |
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9780191753343 |
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9786613893512 |
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661389351X |
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