Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spine systems science : a primer on the systems approach / N. Peter Reeves, Jacek Cholewicki -- Computational models for trunk trajectory planning and load distribution : a test-bed for studying various clinical adaptation and motor control strategies of low back pain patients / Mohamad Parnianpour -- Mechanical changes in the spine in back pain / Greg Kawchuk -- Spine function and low-back pain : interactions of active and passive structures / Jaap H. van Dieen, Idsart Kingma -- Adaptation and rehabilitation: from motoneurones to motor cortex and -- Behaviour / Paul W. Hodges -- Opinions on the links between back pain and motor control : the disconnect -- Between clinical practice and research / Stuart McGill -- The kinesiopathologic model and mechanical low back pain / Linda R. Van Dillen, Shirley A. Sahrmann, Barbara J. Norton -- The relationship between control of the spine and low back pain : a clinical -- Researcher's perspective / Julie A. Hides -- Existing muscle synergies and low back pain : a case for preventative -- Intervention / Jack P. Callaghan, Erika Nelson-Wong -- Trunk muscle control and back pain : chicken, egg, neither or both? / G. Lorimer Moseley --

Altered variability in proprioceptive postural strategy in people with recurrent low back pain / Simon Brumagne ... [et al.] -- Proprioceptive contributions from paraspinal muscle spindles to the relationship between control of the trunk and back pain / Joel G. Pickar -- Time-dependent mechanisms that impair muscle protection of the spine / Patricia Dolan, Michael A. Adams -- Effectiveness of exercise therapy for chronic non-specific low-back pain / Marienke van Middelkoop .... [et al.] -- How can models of motor control be useful for understanding low back pain? (summary chapter 1) / N. Peter Reeves ... [et al.] -- Targeting interventions to patients : development and evaluation (summary chapter 2) / Linda van Dillen, Maurits van Tulder -- Motor control changes and low-back pain, cause or effect? (summary chapter 3) / Jaap H. van Dieen, G. Lorimer Moseley, Paul W. Hodges -- What is the relation between proprioception and low back pain? (summary chapter 4) / Simon Brumagne, Patricia Dolan, Joel G. Pickar -- Motor control of the spine and changes in pain : debate about the extrapolation from research observations of motor control strategies to effective treatments for back pain (summary chapter 5) / Paul W. Hodges, Stuart McGill, Julie A. Hides -- Integrated clinical approach to motor control interventions in low back and pelvic pain / Paul W. Hodges ... [et al.].