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
References
Author:
Gerald W. Browning
, PhD, PT
School of Health Professions, University of Missouri-Columbia
Suggestions
Permission for Use
Mechanical Low Back Pain
References
On-line
Video
of McKenzie basic low back pain exercise.
Other Perspectives on the Management of Low Back Pain
Back pain
For patients. From the Mayo clinic.
Chou R, Qaseem A, Snow V, Casaey D, Cross JT Jr, Shekelle P, et al
. Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Oct 2;147(7):478-91.
Herniated disc
From the Mayo Clinic.
Back pain sites
From MedlinePlus®.
The McKenzie Approach
The McKenzie Institute site
Print
McKenzie RA. The lumbar spine: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Waikanae, New Zealand: Spinal Publications; 1989.
McKenzie RA. The cervical and thoracic spine: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Waikanae, New Zealand: Spinal Publications; 1990.
McKenzie RA. Treat your own back. 7th ed. Waikanae, New Zealand: Spinal Publications; 1997. paper.
McKenzie RA. Treat your own neck. 3rd ed. Waikanae, New Zealand: Spinal Publications; 1997.
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