Back Pain

Plenary Papers.- 1 The peripheral modulation of nociceptive input.- 2 Intradiscal pressure changes and the clinician.- 3 Electromyography - its significance to the manipulator.- 4 The clinical testing of pain.- 5 The spinal modulation of pain.- 6 Principles and problems in clinical research in low back pain.- 7 Referred pain and tenderness.- 8 Basic case analysis.- 9 Manual therapy -1989.- 10 An osteopathic approach to manipulation.- 11 Low back pain of thoracolumbar origin.- 12 The Cyriax contribution to manipulation.- 13 Manipulation of the sacroiliac joint.- 14 The diagnosis and therapy of sacroiliac joint dysfunction utilizing manual medicine techniques, in particular the muscle energy technique by Mitchell.- 15 Injections in the lumbar area.- 16 Drug therapy.- 17 The causes of poor results of surgery in low back pain.- 18 Treatment of pain with electrical stimulation (TENS) and acupuncture.- 19 Hypnosis in musculoskeletal medicine.- Directed Papers.- 20 Comments on the evolution of the sacroiliac joint.- 21 Clinical aspects of sacroiliac function in walking.- 22 The sacroiliac lesion - does it exist?.- 23 Differential diagnosis of muscle tone in respect of inhibitory techniques.- 24 Practical approaches to the normalization of muscle tension.- 25 Metameric medicine and atlas therapy.- 26 The method of autotraction in manual medicine.- 27 The space truss as a model for cervical spine mechanics - a systems science concept.- 28 Anamnesis as diagnostic tool in musculoskeletal medicine.- 29 A new technique of proprioceptive re-education in manual medicine.- Free Papers.- 30 Cranial and visceral symptoms in mechanical pelvic dysfunction.- 31 A study of the contribution of pain to rotation of vertebrae in the aetiology and pathogenesis of lateral spinal curvature.- 32 Pelvic dysfunction.- 33 Pyriformis muscle syndrome.- 34 Iliosacral lesion and the quadratus lumborum syndrome.- 35 The cervico-lumbar syndrome.- 36 Clinical application of the basic physical principles for the use of mobilization and manipulation.- 37 Non-inflammatory joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis: the diagnostic role of intra-articular anaesthesia in the understanding of brachiogenic shoulder pain.- 38 The foot and manual medicine.- 39 Frozen wrist: the contribution of thermography.- 40 The New Zealand Association of Musculo Skeletal Medicine: Postgraduate courses for doctors.- 41 The nature and significance of trigger points.- 42 Low back pain, manipulation and long-term outcome.- 43 The computerized documentation of clinical and manual results.- 44 Lumbar sciatica - comparison of results 10 years after surgical or conservative treatment.- 45 A study to evaluate the outcome of acute backache with drug therapy and manipulation.- 46 Dorso-lumbar junction: biomechanical significance of mamillaris processus and transversospinales muscles.- 47 Skin rolling in the treatment of chronic pain.- 48 The importance of patient selection and imaging techniques in the success of chemonucleolysis.- 49 Radiofrequency denervation of the zygapophyseal joint nerve supply.- 50 Manipulative medicine and sports injuries.- 51 T3 syndrome.- 52 Radiographic signs of the function of the intrinsic muscles of the cervical spine.- 53 Radio-functional analysis of the cervical region of the spinal column according to Arlen in post-traumatic syndrome.- 54 Therapy of the atlas compared with traditional manipulation in sacroiliac dysfunction.- 55 Atlas therapy and neuromuscular diseases.