Facet Joint Syndrome
Original Editors - Niels Cloet, Jonas Vangindertael
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<meta name="Title" content=""><meta name="Keywords" content=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 14"><link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/jonas/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml"></link> <link rel="themeData" href="file://localhost/Users/jonas/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_themedata.xml"></link> <style> </style> Lumbar facet joint syndrome is a multi-factorial process that is intimately tied to degeneration of the intervertebral discs. It’s a painful irritation of the posterior part of the lumbar spine. The swelling of the surrounded structures can cause pain and irritation of the nociceptors. [1]</meta></meta></meta></meta></meta></meta>
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- ↑ 1. Gerard P. Varlotta & Todd R. Lefkowitz & Mark Schweitzer & Thomas J. Errico & Jeffrey Spivak & John A. Bendo & Leon Rybak (2010) " The lumbar facet joint: a review of current knowledge: part 1: anatomy, biomechanics, and grading ", SKELETAL RADIOLOGY Volume 40, Number 1, 13-23