Industrial medicine and acute musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 1. Diagnosing and managing the injured worker with low back pain.
This self-directed learning module highlights the evaluation and management of the injured worker with low back pain (LBP). This chapter reviews the importance of recognizing the physiologic implications of a lifting injury and evaluating its structural etiology in a worker with LBP. A review of the steps required to make an accurate diagnosis is included. Justifying restrictions and prescribing therapeutic intervention is summarized.


OBJECTIVE
To be able to provide a step-by-step plan for evaluating, treating, and safely returning to work the injured worker with LBP.
Prather
Heidi
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. pratherh@msnotes.wustl.edu
Foye
Patrick M
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Cianca
John C
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology