Cervical And Thoracic Spine Mechanical Diagnosis And Therapy

"This edition explains the centralisation and peripheralisation phenomena; the use of exercise to induce changes in pain location and intesity; the means of detecting the most effective direction in which to apply therapeutic exercise; differentiation between the pain of displacement, pain of contracture and pain arising from normal tissue; how to differentiate the pain of nerve root adherence from entrapment and sciatica." - Cover.

"This edition explains the centralisation and peripheralisation phenomena; the use of exercise to induce changes in pain location and intensity; the means of detecting the most effective direction in which to apply therapeutic exercise; differentiation between the pain of displacement, pain of contracture and pain arising from normal tissue; how to differentiate the pain of nerve root adherence from entrapment and sciatica"-- Cover.

An overview of the subject for physical therapists presented in three sections: anatomy, biomechanics, and innervation; examination and assessment; and clinical management. Covers treatment by passive movement, recognizing four mechanisms of neurogenic pain, and management of neural injury by manual therapy. Includes discussion linking science, art, and placebo in manual therapy. This second edition contains eight new chapters. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

New 'evidence-based' chapters present intervertebral disc pathology, updated techniques, stream-lined classification system and revised management for derangement syndromes.