BACKGROUND Spinal pain is common in all age groups. While the research has focused primarily on incidence and prevalence in younger working adults, there is evidence that spinal pain is one of the most frequent complaints in older persons and is responsible for functional limitations. While facet arthrosis is a common radiographic finding, which has been suggested to be a potential cause of spi...

STUDY DESIGN A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical effectiveness of therapeutic lumbar facet joint nerve blocks with or without steroids in managing chronic low back pain of facet joint origin. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Lumbar facet joints have been shown as the source of chronic pain in 21% to 41% of low back patients with an average prevalence ...

UNLABELLED Although joint pain is common, its mechanisms remain undefined, with little known about the spinal neuronal responses that contribute to this type of pain. Afferent activity and sustained spinal neuronal hyperexcitability correlate to facet joint loading and the extent of behavioral sensitivity induced after painful facet injury, suggesting that spinal neuronal plasticity is induced ...

The facet joint is a crucial anatomic region of the spine owing to its biomechanical role in facilitating articulation of the vertebrae of the spinal column. It is a diarthrodial joint with opposing articular cartilage surfaces that provide a low friction environment and a ligamentous capsule that encloses the joint space. Together with the disc, the bilateral facet joints transfer loads and gu...

conclusions a new approach to treat lumbar facet joint pain with prf is simple to perform and without serious complications. in view of the good long-lasting results obtained with the two reported cases, randomized control trials are necessary to validate this new approach. case presentation a 71-year-old patient presented because of persisting pain in the left gluteal region radiating to the l...

BACKGROUND Lumbar facet joints are a well recognized source of low back pain and referred pain in the lower extremity in patients with chronic low back pain. Conventional clinical features and other non-invasive diagnostic modalities are unreliable in diagnosing lumbar zygapophysial joint pain. Controlled diagnostic studies have shown the prevalence of lumbar facet joint pain in 27% to 40% of t...

SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The association between the facet tropism and the development of lumbar disc herniation has been studied; however the results remain controversial. OBJECTIVE To determine the association between the facet tropism and the development of lumbar disc herniation. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. MATERIAL AND METHOD MRI of 34 patients with lumbar disc herniation...

2 Table of Contents Literature Review 1. Facet joint and pain 4 a) Facet joints 4 b) Cervical facet and pain 5 c) Lumbar facet and pain 7 2. Whole-body vibration and pain 8 3. Integrated stress response 8 4. Reactive oxygen species 12 5. References 13 Manuscript Introduction 20 Material and Methods 21 Results 24 Discussion 30 Conclusion 36 References 36 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express...