The working back : a systems view / / William S. Marras

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818463403321
• Autore: Marras William S (William Steven), <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2008
• ISBN: 9786611217396; 9781281217394; 1281217395; 9780470258576; 0470258578; 9780470258569; 047025856X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.5/64
• Soggetti: Backache - Etiology; Backache - Risk factors; Occupational diseases; Human engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE WORKING BACK; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Audience for the Book; 1.2 Apolitical Causality Assessment; 1.3 A Systems View of Low Back Pain Causality; 1.4 The Reality of Work; 1.5 How Might the Different Aspects of Work Be Associated with Back Pain; 1.6 Organization of the Book; CHAPTER 2 BACK PAIN MAGNITUDE AND POTENTIAL RISK FACTORS; 2.1 What is Back Pain?; 2.2 How Common is Back Pain?; 2.3 Back Pain at Work; 2.4 Epidemiology of Work Risk Factors; 2.5 Epidemiology of Physical Risk Factors; 2.6 Epidemiology of Individual (Personal) Risk Factors; 2.6.1 Age; 2.6.2 Gender2.6.3 Anthropometry; 2.6.4 Fitness/Strength; 2.6.5 Alcohol; 2.6.6 Smoking; 2.6.7 Heredity/Genetics; 2.6.8 Social Class and Psychological Factors; 2.7 Epidemiology of Work-Related Psychosocial/Organizational Factors; 2.8 Potential Interaction of ; Physical and Psychosocial Factors; Key Points; CHAPTER 3 FUNCTION, STRUCTURE, AND SUPPORT OF THE BACK; 3.1 Body Coordinates; 3.2 Bony Structures of the Spine; 3.3 The Disc (and the Spinal Joint); 3.4 Functional Spinal Unit; 3.5 Spine Support; 3.6 Ligaments; 3.7 Muscles; 3.8 Fascia; 3.9 Nerves; 3.10 Blood Vessels; 3.11 End Plates and Nutrition3.12 Facets; 3.13 The System; Key Points; CHAPTER 4 THE PROCESS OF PAIN; 4.1 What is Pain?; 4.2 Origins of Pain; 4.3 Pain Transmission; 4.4 The Pain Process; 4.5 The Inflammatory Process (Cytokines); 4.6 Peripheral Nervous System Sensitization; 4.7 Neuropathic Pain: The Cytokine Cascade and Nerve Sensitization; 4.8 Pain Mechanisms of the Central Nervous System; 4.9 Role of the Environment in Central Sensitization; 4.10 Implications for Low Back Pain; 4.11 Nerves at Risk of Sensitization; 4.12 Tissues at Risk of Sensitization; 4.13 Disk and Nerve Roots; 4.14 Facet Joints4.15 Muscular-Based Pain; 4.16 Lumbar Nerve Roots; 4.17 Relationship between Tissue Loading and Pain; 4.18 Conclusions; Key Points; CHAPTER 5 POTENTIAL PATHWAYS TO BACK PAIN; 5.1 Views of Back Pain Causality; 5.2 A Unifying Model of Low Back Pain Pathways; 5.3 The Support Structure Disruption Pathways; 5.3.1 Support Structure Tolerance; 5.4 Disc Tolerance Summary; 5.5 Pain Tolerance; 5.6 The Muscle Function Disruption Pathway; 5.7 The Role of Individual Differences in the Pain Pathways; 5.8 System Feedback; 5.9 Summary; Key Points; CHAPTER 6 THE ASSESSMENT OF BIOMECHANICAL FORCES ACTING ON THE LOW BACK6.1 Biomechanical Concepts Applicable to the Back; 6.1.1 Load Tolerance; 6.1.2 Moments and Levers; 6.1.3 External Versus Internal Loading; 6.2 How can we Modify Internal Spine Loads?; 6.2.1 Biomechanical Arrangement of the Musculoskeletal Lever System; 6.2.2 Length-Strength Relationship; 6.2.3 The Impact of Velocity on Muscle Force; 6.2.4 Temporal Relationships; 6.3 Incorporating Spine Load Reductions into the Work System; 6.4 Loading of the Lumbar Spine; 6.5 Spine Load Assessments; 6.6 Models of Spine Load; 6.7 Biologically Driven Modeling of Spine Loading
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