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Saurabh Gupta, MBBS, MRCS, DNB (Orthopaedics), MNAMS, Speciality Registrar in Public Health
Welwyn Garden City, UK
Bogduk N, McGuirk B. Management of acute and chronic neck pain: an evidence- based approach. Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2006.
The aim of this resource is to provide current research evidence on neck pain (without burdening itself with the methodological details) and giving recommendations and guidelines on how to apply the current evidence in the management of neck pain—both acute and chronic. Its target audience is medical practitioners, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and nurse practitioners.
The book is divided into 5 parts. Part 1 provides the definitions of neck pain; part 2 deals with acute neck pain; part 3 discusses chronic neck pain; part 4 deals with whiplash injuries; and part 5 discusses cervicogenic headache. Each part is organised in a logical and progressive order: taking a history, physical examination, imaging, tests, and evidence for treatment.
The book gives clinically useful answers some of the time, and these are easily accessible and can
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