Industrial rehabilitation medicine. 2. Case studies in occupational low back pain

This self-directed learning module highlights new advances in this topic area. It is part of the chapter on industrial rehabilitation medicine in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The evaluation and management of patients presenting with low back pain are skills that practicing physiatrists need to acquire. This chapter gives a step-by-step format, along with the thought processes involved, for managing patients with three types of low back pain presentations.