[Recommendations for a basic functional assessment of low back pain]. / Recommandations pour l'elaboration d'un bilan fonctionnel de base du patient lombalgique.

This article aims to recommend easy, reproducible and valid physical tests and questionnaires to allow a functional and physical assessment of sub-acute and chronic low back pain patients. We recommend the pain visual analogue scale, the French translation of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (EIFEL) and the Dallas questionnaire to appreciate pain intensity and its influence on patients' quality of life. Sorensen's test is recommended in order to assess trunk extensor muscles endurance. We suggest to measure pelvic and lumbar flexion mobility by means of the inclinometer technique. The test described by McQuade is recommended to assess abdominal muscles static endurance.

[Kinesitherapy in the field of maxillofacial surgery]. / La kinésithérapie dans le domaine de la chirurgie maxillo-faciale.

The aim of this article is to present the possibilities offered by physiotherapy in maxillo-facial surgery. Physiotherapy has different objectives: to restore normal function in all mandibular movements to improve tissue trophicity to oppose fibrosis pain treatment We show different reeducation techniques and their indications by the means of two clinical cases. The punctual analysis of the obtained results allows to show the repercussions of treatment modifications on the TMJ mobility recuperation.