Dorsopathy : manuals in discipline "Traumatology and orthopedics" for self-study of 5th year students

Abstract

Dorsopathy (degenerative disc diseases) ‒ is a disease of the spine, which is based on primary dystrophies and degenerative process of the intervertebral disc (IVD), with the further development of reactive and compensatory changes intervertebral joints and ligaments, and then in the adjacent vertebral bodies and , as a result , totally defeat all elements of vertebrates at ‒ motor segment . At present, people aged 45 years often restrict their activities because of constant pain in the back and neck. The prevalence of chronic back pain is 26‒32 % among the adult population. In the structure of morbidity with disability of the adult population more than 50 % are diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Among the disabled with diseases of the peripheral nervous system in 80 % of cases occur by vertebral affection. Back pain is an extremely common human phenomenon, a price mankind has to pay for their upright posture. According to one study, almost 80 percent of persons in modern industrial society will-experience back pain at some time during their life. Fortunately, in 70 per cent of these, it subsides within a month. But, in as many as 70 per cent of these, the pain recurs