Includes bibliographical references index.

Clinical assessment of the patient with back pain / P.J. Sell and S. Longworth -- Imaging of spinal disorders / M.P. Caplan -- The paediatric spine -- The cervical spine -- Back pain / Simon MacLean, Claire Chambers, and Andrew Clarke -- Sciatica, stenosis, and spondylolisthesis -- Tumors, infection, and inflammation -- Whiplash / Andrew Clarke and Alwyn Jones -- Osteoporosis and osteoporotic spinal fractures / John R. Andrews -- Physiotherapy in spinal conditions -- Osteopathy / Walter Llewellyn McKone -- Chiropractor / Richard Brown -- Pain management / Darryl Hutton -- Psychological approaches to managing chronic back pain / Elenor McLaren and Robert McLaren.