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Table of Contents

Overview
Objectives
Prevalence / Costs
Anatomy and Functional Concepts
McKenzie Approach
Treatable and Inappropriate Patients
Three Mechanical LBP Syndromes
Physician's Findings
Subjective Lumbar Spine Assessments
Objective Lumbar Spine Assessments
Is Patient Treatable
What Syndromes Are Present
Treatment Progression
Prevention
Final Comment
CEU Exam
References

Author:

Gerald W. Browning, PhD, PT

School of Health Professions, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Mechanical Low Back Pain

Is Patient Treatable by the McKenzie Approach


The patient does not appear to have related serious pathology; there are no "red flags." The patient's subjective and objective examinations point to a mechanical problem. The patient's symptoms react favorably, centralize and reduce, with some of the test movements. The patient is treatable by the McKenzie approach.

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