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Links to information on back and neck injury INDEX Other information on back and neck pain/injury Spinal cord injury links Spine Tumor links Spinal AVMs Information on repetitive stress injury and other disorders of peripheral nerves including carpal tunnel syndrome Other ergonomics links Syringomyelia and Arnold Chiari Malformation Links General Disability Links Other information resources regarding back and neck (spine) injury: Wake Forest Medical Center's BestHealth Library Symptoms and symptom management Low Back Pain How to Conquer Backache Exercise and Back Pain Put the Breaks on Back Pain Neck Pain/ Neck Stiffness Treatment of neck pain Picture of the cervical spine (neck) Conditions Spondylolisthesis Symptoms Treatment Spinal Stenosis Symptoms Treatment Herniated Disc Herniated Nucleus Pulposis/Slipped Intervertebral Disc Osteoporosis in Women Spine surgeries (click on the numbers to see the complete presentaions) New Surgeries Banish Back Pain Low back (lumbar spine) surgery Neck (cervical spine) surgery Spinal Fusion Herniated disc removal US Public Health Service Consumers Guide to Understanding Acute Low Back Problems Yahoo's Back and Neck Injury Index Back pain guide for patients (UIowa) Back pain guide for physicians (UIowa) Back Pain in Children for parents (UIowa) Back Pain in Children for clinicians (UIowa) SOMI Brace patient guide (UIowa) Radiographic (MRI and CT scan) Diagnosis of Disk Disease (Georges Y. El-Khoury, MD, UIowa) Low Back Pain (AAOS) Exercises to minimize problems with back pain (AAOS) A note on the treatment of sciatica and spinal stenosis from MGH1996. Herniated discs were first identified as a cause of pathology and treated by Mixter and Barr at MGH. See the landmark 1933 New England Journal of Medicine article. Also see other ergonomics links: information on preventing back injury WFUSM Chronic Pain and Arachnoiditis Links Information about the Treatment of Spinal Tumors Surgical Management of Cranial and Spinal Meningiomas, by Robert G. Ojemann, M.D. Introduction to the therapy of Meningiomas General Considerations in Management of Meningiomas Surgery of Meningiomas Radiation Therapy of Meningiomas Observation of Meningiomas Summary of Dr. Robert Ojemann's Meningioma Series Foramen Magnum Meningioma Spinal Meningioma Meningioma References Information on stereotactic radiosurgery of spinal tumors The ABTA's About Metastatic Tumors to the Brain & Spine Central Neurocytoma of the Cervical Spinal Cord Homepage. (Central neurocytoma is a rare spinal cord tumor recently described at MGH.) Radiographic appearance Intraoperative appearance Histological appearance Wake Forest University School of Medicine Meningioma Homepage The New WHO Classification of Tumors affecting the CNS Wake Forest University School of Medicine Neurosurgery's Neuro-oncology Resources for more information on all types of spinal tumors Spinal AVM links An article on spine dural-AVMs from the Neurovascular News at MGH/Harvard Peripheral nerve links Mailing lists devoted to repetitive stress injuries SOREHAND an email list devoted to carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, thoracic outlet syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other forms of upper limb disorder. To subscribe send mail to listserv@itssrv1.ucsf.edu. include the following in the body of the message: Subscribe SOREHAND RSI-East is the east coast's answer to sorehand, where usersdiscuss their experiences and offer support, referral, and treatment information to one another. Subscriptions are available to anyone with an interest in RSIs. The list is intended as a regional resource. Subscribe by sending mail with any subject to: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with the message body reading: subscribe rsi-east YourName RSI-UK is Great Britain's RSI mailing list, open to anyone. Subscribe by sending mail with any subject to: listserv@tictac.demon.co.uk with the message body reading: subscribe rsi-uk Your Name</ UL> Other ergonomics links MGH Biomotion Lab IMPACC USA Repetitive Strain Disorders FAQ Back FAQ Cornell University Human Factors and Ergonomics Group Intervention for Prevention/Treatmentof Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Back Injury Prevention Program Postural Risk Factorsfor Back Injury Lift it Safe Prevent Back Pain (AAOS)