Welcome on sofmmoom.org The website of The French Society of Orthopaedic and Osteopathic Manual Medicine Medical

Welcome to our foreign visitors on the English section of sofmmoo.com.

SOFMMOOM means French Society of Orthopaedic and Osteopathic Manual Medicine Medical. We are a scientific society devoted to spinal disorders ("Back pain") and manual therapy. Our membership is restricted to MDs, but this website may interest any back care provider in this field, although it is not designed for a more general public.

Here is the content of our English section.

• See first our special "La Grande Odalisque" by Ingres, the woman with 10 lumbar vertebrae" , and read the abstract (PubMed)
• Our anatomic section
• And our complete section on coccydynia by Jean-Yves Maigne, MD

		The French Society of Manual Medicine	More about the French Society of Manual Medicine (SOFMMOO) and about Manual Medicine in France
		La Fédération Internationale De Médecine Manuelle	More about the Fédération Internationale de Médecine Manuelle  (FIMM) and their history
		Virtual museum of back pain	Have a look to our collection of ancient or traditionnal or popular treatments of back pain. This section is just for your entertainment (bilingual French / English) Read the report of a conference held in Liverpool in 1927 by Pr Putti from Milan (Italy) about the new conceptions in the pathogenesis of sciatic pain
		Headache of cervical origin	This is an article from Robert Maigne, MD, written for this website (pdf)
		Cervical pain	Acute torticollis in an adolescent. Case report and MRI study (pdf)
		Dorsal thoracic pain	Dorsal thoracic pain in manual medicine Dorsal thoracic pain. The splenius cervicis and levator scapula syndromes. Notalgia paresthetica Anatomy of the upper thoracic dorsal rami
		Thoracolumbar junction	Thoracolumbar junction syndrome by Robert Maigne Thoracolumbar junction syndrome: the role of the dorsal cutaneous rami Thoracolumbar junction syndrome and thoracolumbar spinal pain syndromes Trigger point of the posterior iliac crest: painful iliolumbar ligament or cutaneous dorsal ramus? Anatomy of the dorsal rami of the TLJ | Anatomy of the lateral perforating rami of T12 and L1
		Low back pain	A classification of lumbar discogenic pain. Its relationship to the McKenzie classification Anatomy of the iliolumbar ligament | Anatomy of the dorsal rami of the lumbosacral junction Results of Sacroiliac Joint Double Block and Value of Sacroiliac Pain Provocation Tests in 54 Patients With Low Back Pain (pdf)
		Coccyx	A complete section on coccydynia See that first! Management of common coccygodynia Causes and mechanisms of common coccydynia. Role of BMI and coccygeal trauma. (pdf) Comparison of three manual coccydynia treatments. A pilot study. (pdf) Anatomy of the coccyx
		Guidelines of the SOFMMOO in Manual Medicine	Prevention of the vertebrobasilar accidents following cervical thrust manipulations Is there a need for routine X-Rays prior to manipulative therapy?
		Miscellaneous	The three circles of back pain, a model in Manual Medicine (Jean Yves Maigne) The concept of painlessness and opposite motion in spinal manipulations The concept of painful minor intervertebral dysfunction (PMID) (pdf) Mechanism of action of spinal manipulative therapy (pdf) Highlighting of Intervertebral Movements and Variations of Intradiskal Pressure During Lumbar Spine Manipulation (pdf)
		Peripheric joints	Lateral epicondylitis ((pdf)