Types and symptoms of back pain

Vertebral syndrome

Vertebral syndrome is a symptom complex of pathological conditions caused by diseases of the spinal column. It can be formed by various pathological conditions, but the common feature is the presence of pain of the lumbago or radiculalgia type, changes in mobility, configuration of the spine, posture and gait, there may be changes caused by damage to the spinal cord, spinal nerves and their roots.

Analysis of clinical manifestations of lumbar spinal stenosis

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), being well determined from a morphological point of view, is heterogeneous in clinical manifestations. Polymorphism of clinical syndromes in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis suggests diffuseness of morphological changes in the structures of the spinal canal and their ambiguity.

Scoliosis: what causes it and how to recognize it?

Scoliosis is a persistent curvature of the spine, in which its position differs significantly from the normal one. Specialists distinguish several types of scoliosis: C-shaped, when the spine has one bend to the side, S-shaped, if the spine has two bends in and Z-shaped, which is the rarest and has three or more bends in different directions.

Cervical spine trauma.

Cervical spine injury, especially in adults, should be considered one of the most severe types of injury.

Spinal stenosis and back pain

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the lumen of the spinal canal at any level. In practice, doctors use a classification of spinal canal stenosis based on the pathogenesis and localization of the stenosis.

Degenerative-dystrophic spine diseases and back pain

Despite the etiological differences in the genesis of degenerative (involutional, associated with aging) and dystrophic (metabolic) lesions of the musculoskeletal system, the clinical and radiological picture of the diseases has not yet clearly identified the features characteristic of each of these processes.

Spinal tumors and back pain

The last decade has been characterized by an increase in the total number of oncological diseases, an increased level of their diagnosis and treatment. The capabilities of magnetic resonance imaging and radioisotope scanning make it possible to establish the localization and prevalence of tumor lesions quite early, including before the appearance of clinical symptoms of the disease.

Inflammatory spinal conditions and back pain

The relevance of the problem of inflammatory, primarily infectious, lesions of the spine is determined not only by the fact that these diseases disrupt two main functions of the spine - ensuring a stable vertical position of the body and protecting the spinal nerve structures.

Spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis and back pain

Spondylolysis (literally: "vertebra resorption") is a term adopted to denote a defect in the interarticular part of the vertebral arch. The term reflects rather a radiological symptom than the anatomical essence of the pathology, since in most cases the presence of this bone defect is caused not by acquired "resorption" of a certain area of the vertebra, but by its vicious development - dysplasia.

Diastematomyelia

Diastematomyelia is a combined malformation of the spinal canal, consisting of its division by bony, cartilaginous or fibrous spurs or partitions, accompanied by splitting and/or doubling of the spinal cord, its elements and membranes.