The working back : a systems view / / William S. Marras |
Autore | Marras William S (William Steven), <1952-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 617.5/64 |
Soggetto topico |
Backache - Etiology
Backache - Risk factors Occupational diseases Human engineering |
ISBN |
1-281-21739-5
9786611217396 0-470-25857-8 0-470-25856-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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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Marras William S (William Steven), <1952->
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