Includes bibliographical references and index.

Active care: its place in the management of spinal disorders / Craig Liebenson -- The role of muscles, joints, and the nervous system in spinal disorders / Craig Liebenson -- Quality assurance: the scope of the spine problem and modern attempts to manage it / Craig Liebenson -- Putting the biopsychosocial model into practice / Craig Liebenson -- Lumbar spinal stability: mechanism of injury and restabilization / Stuart McGill -- The sources of back pain / Nicholai Bogduk and Charles Aprill -- Diagnostic triage in patients with spinal pain / Neil Craton -- Outcome assessment / Steven Yeomans ... [et al.] -- Assessment of psychosocial risk factors of chronicity--"yellow flags" / Craig Liebenson and Steven Yeomans --.

Evaluation of muscular imbalance / Vladimir Janda, Clare Frank, and Craig Liebenson -- Quantification of physical performance ability / Craig Liebenson and Steven Yeomans -- Physical performance tests: an expanded model of assessment and outcome / Maureen Simmonds and Ellen C. Lee -- Employment screening and functional capacity evaluation to determine safe return to work / Leonard Matheson and Vert Mooney -- Patient reactivation: a cognitive-behavioral approach / Liebenson -- The McKenzie approach for acute pain relief / McKenzie, R., Heffner, S., Jacob G. -- Brügger methods in postural centration / Dagmar Pavlu, Sibyle Petak, Janda, V. -- Training respiration / M. Perri -- Soft tissue manipulation techniques / Lewit, K. & Kobesova, A. --.

Manual resistance techniques / Liebenson ... [et al.] -- Neuromobilization techniques / Geraci, M., M. Lambert, Bookhout, M. -- Manipulation techniques for key joints / George DeFranca -- Sensory-motor training / Janda, V. -- Facilitation of agonist-antagonist co-activation by reflex stimulation methods / Kolâar -- Yoga exercises / Jiri Cumpelik, F. Vele, Maria Perri -- Segmental (local) spinal stabilization training--the basics / Hodges, P., Jull G. -- Functional stability training / Liebenson -- Global muscle stabilization training--isotonic protocols / Osborne, N., Cook J. -- Advanced weight training approaches from a stability perspective / Norris, C. -- Performance training / M. Clarke -- Nutrition and pain management / D. Seamon -- Cognitive-behavioral training / Linton --.

An integrated approach to regional disorders / Liebenson -- Managing common syndromes and finding the key link / Lewit, K. -- The lumbar spine and pelvis / Liebenson -- The cervico-thoracic spine and rib cage / Liebenson, Skaggs, C., Fonda, S. -- A combined psychiatric and orthopaedic approach to musculoskeletal problems / Kirkaldy-Willis, W.H., Becker G. -- The role and safety of activity in the elderly / Craig Liebenson -- Core competencies for conservative care specialists working as part of a multidisciplinary team--creating a center of excellence / Press, J., Triano, J., Liebenson, C. -- From guidelines to practice: what is the practitioner's role? / Breen, A.

All Ages.