Functional restoration for spinal disorders : the sport medicine approach / Tom G. Mayer

The problems of love back pain -- Introduction and overview of the problems --Structural sources of low back pain -- The process of pain perception -- Pain versus function -- Objective quantification of lumbar function the new technology -- Quantitative lumbar spine assessment to address the deconditioning syndrome -- Objective measurement of spinal joint function -- Objective trunk strength, endurance and aerobic capacity measurement -- Objective measurement of functional task performance -- Psychosocial assessment of chronic low back pain -- Interrogation of physical and psychosocial assessment data to guide the treatment process – Functional restoration treatment -- An overview of a functional restorations program: the basic issues and the therapeutic team -- The role of the physical therapist: active, not passive modalities -- The role of the occupational therapist: back to the roots -- The multimodal disability management programs -- Long-term psychosocioeconomic implications -- Maintaining treatment gains and productivity -- Socioeconomic implications: Re-employment and impairment evaluations.