Rev. ed. of: Macnab's backache / John McCulloch, Ensor Transfeldt.

Musculoskeletal anatomy, neuroanatomy, and biomechanics of the lumbar spine -- Classification of low back pain and alerts for different age groups -- Spondylogenic back pain : osseous and intervertebral lesions -- Spondylogenic backache : soft tissue lesions and pain mechanisms -- Epidemiology and natural history of spondylogenic backache -- Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis -- Inflammatory spondyloarthropathies and lesions of the sacroiliac joints -- The history -- Examination of the back -- Disc degeneration without root irritation : acute and chronic low back pain -- Disc degeneration with root irritation : disc ruptures -- Disc degeneration with root irritation : spinal canal stenosis -- The investigation -- Differential diagnosis of low back pain -- Injections -- Pain -- Complications and failures of spinal surgery.