Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders

by Hadler, Nortin M.

• ISBN13: 9780781749220
• ISBN10: 0781749220
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-20
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This standard-setting book is known for its practical approach to the assessment, management, and counseling of patients with regional musculoskeletal disorders resulting in occupational incapacity. The approach is supported by a display of the relevant science and the author's philosophy in approaching uncertainties and discrepancies. The Third Edition offers discussions of the current approach to the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia and its sister functional somatic syndromes. Recent scientific studies explore the treatment of regional musculoskeletal disorders when such a sufferer feels compelled to seek care from a physician, surgeon or "alternative" provider. Dr. Hadler has pioneered an understanding of the interfaces between statutory recourse for disabling regional musculoskeletal disorders and the patient and physician. Witty and persuasive, Hadler's text is grounded in sound, scientific principles and has been recommended by ACOEM, JAMA, JBJS, and others.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Preface to the First Edition	xi
Preface to the Second Edition	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
About the Author	xvii
Introduction	1	(6)
Section I: The Predicament of Musculoskeletal Morbidity	7	(88)
Backache: Predicament at Home, Nemesis at Work	9	(11)
Functional Somatic Syndromes: Fibromyalgia and the like	20	(33)
Reason v. the Therapeutic Menu: Conservative, Empirical, Aggressive, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies	53	(42)
Section II: The Patient with Regional Musculoskeletal Symptoms	95	(142)
The Concept of Regional Musculoskeletal Illness	97	(8)
Regional Disorders of the Axial Skeleton	105	(41)
Regional Disorders of the Upper Extremity	146	(22)
Regional Disorders of the Lower Extremity	168	(34)
Neurovascular Syndromes	202	(35)
Section III: The Claimant with Musculoskeletal Disability	237	(90)
The Disabled, the Disallowed, the Disaffected and the Disavowed	241	(18)
Epidemiology and the Work-relatedness of Regional Musculoskeletal Disorders	259	(39)
The Vortex of Disability Determination	298	(24)
The Aged Worker	322	(5)
Subject Index	327