From Acute to Chronic Back Pain: Risk Factors, Mechanisms, and Clinical Implications

From Acute to Chronic Back Pain: Risk Factors, Mechanisms, and Clinical Implications
ISBN-10
0199558906
ISBN-13
9780199558902
Category
Medical
Pages
590
Language
English
Published
2012-01-19
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Dennis C. Turk, Monika I. Hasenbring, Adina C. Rusu

Description

In the past 15 years, psychological and psychobiological mechanisms have been identified as important risk factors in back pain, leading to the development of early screending methods (Yellow Flag diagnostics) and new psychosocial interventions. These work by closely targeting treatment modalities to patients' needs. However, many aspects of how acute pain becomes chronic pain remain unexplained. Recent neurobiological work investigating genetic,neurophysiological, and biomechanical processes has uncovered important mechanisms involved in chronic and acute back pain. From Acute to Chronic Back Pain examines the risk factors andmechanisms involved in the transition from acute to chronic back pain. It integrates genetic, biomechnanical neurobiological, psychophysiological, psychosocial, and socioeconomic risk factors. Moreover, the text examines advances in treatment approaches based on evidence from published studies.

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