title: The McKenzie approach to evaluating and treating low back pain.
abstract: The McKenzie approach to evaluating and treating low back and neck pain is an exciting development in clinical medicine. A thorough mechanical assessment as described by McKenzie is informative and appropriate for all such patients and identifies an individualized self-treatment program that is often dramatically successful. Despite its world-wide use, this comprehensive discipline of evaluation and treatment is misunderstood or unappreciated by most medical practitioners. The assessment process and McKenzie's classification of low back pain syndromes--postural, dysfunctional, and derangement--are described. Therapeutic regimens emphasizing patient self-treatment for the current episode are presented, with the long-range goal of preventing recurrences.
authors: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, State University of New York, Health Science Center, Syracuse.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Donelson
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D011187:Posture; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012648:Self Care; D013131:Spine / Q000503:physiopathology