A 3D Multimedia Approach to the Diagnosis of Low Back Pain, Vol. 1: 18 & 40 Year Old Males, a Book CD Combo

A Browser Readable, CIMware Medical series 3D Multimedia eBook by Scott F. Nadler, D.O., Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Director of Sports Medicine, UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA. Edited, Programmed & Additional Material by Professor Paul G. Ranky, PhD, NJIT / USA, and Marti Ranky, BS(Hons), Nutrition, Surrey University, UK, Dietitian and Nutritional Scientist, Consultant, Member of The British Dietetic Association, Member of the British Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine, Member of the Royal Society of Health, London, UK, and CEO, CIMware Inc., USA

Committee Members: include Joel A. DeLisa, MD, MS, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, and Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation (KMRREC); Gerard A. Malanga, MD, UMDNJ-NJ Medical School & KMRREC, Sheela Jain, MD, Patrick M. Foye,MD, UMDNJ; Boqing-Cheng, MD, PhD, UMDNJ; David S. Tulsky, PhD, KMRREC; Scott R. Millis, PhD, KMRREC, New Jersey Medical School; Elie Elovic, MD, Ross A Bogey, DO, KMRREC, and UMDNJ-NJMS; Robert F. Heary, MD, UMDNJ, and the Spine Center of New Jersey; Mary O. Eyles, PhD, RN, formerly at KMRREEC; Provost William Swart, PhD, East Carolina University, formerly at Old Dominion University; R. Bowen Loftin, PhD, VMASC; Ching-YaoLin, PhD, University of Houston; Hector M. Garcia, VMASC, Virginia, and Mick F. Ranky, MS, CIMware Europe.

In this Case participants will be able to visualize 3D interactive multimedia images of the subjects, experience the physical examination as it occurs using interactive digital video clips, review the diagnostic testing procedure, develop differential diagnosis, review the anatomy (including 3D interactive multimedia images taken inside the body), understand and review the diagnosis, and self-test their learned knowledge using a traditional, and/or a computerized method.

This publication is a web-browser readable, interactive 3D multimedia case-based / problem-based / project-based eBook (electronic book) - a first of its kind in the World! It includes the equivalent of over 260 pages of text, full color, high quality images, interactive diagrams, 2D and 3D animations, over 30 minutes of interactive digital videos, 3DVR (3D Virtual Reality) objects, 360 degree panoramas of virtual tours inside and outside the human body, an extensive glossary of medical terms, active code for self-test with examples, and user definable templates, all in an open-source, multi-platform (i.e. Windows, Mac OS9 and OSX, Linux, and UNIX) format.

This Publication is a New Jersey (USA) Annual Faculty Best Practices Showcase for Outstanding Examples of Curricular Innovation with Technology (2003) Level: Aimed at medical students, residents and attending physicians, to enhance the education of those evaluating individuals with low back pain.

The medical author, Dr. Scott F. Nadler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey where he also serves as the Director of Sports Medicine.

He is the team physician for 4 colleges in New Jersey and is on the medical faculty of the United States Figure Skating Association. Dr. Nadler has published more than 140 original research papers, abstracts, reviews, and chapters and his work has been in the peer reviewed journals; Spine, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.

His research has been presented at the North American Spine Society, American College of Sports Medicine, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the International Olympic Committee World Congress of Sports Science. He is co-editor of the textbook Whiplash. He serves on the editorial boards of the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine and The Spine Journal. Dr. Nadler has been selected to Best Doctors in America from 1996-2002, and to the Castle Connolly Guide, How to Pick the Best Doctors in the Metro-New York Region – 1998-2002.