Cervical spine: The portion of the spine located in the neck, consisting of seven vertebrae (C1-C7). Facet dislocation: A condition where the facet joints, which connect the vertebrae, become ...

Facet joint pain is a common source of chronic ... found that radiofrequency neurotomy does not lead to fatty degeneration of the lumbar paraspinal muscles, alleviating concerns about potential ...

It affects the bony protrusions, called facet joints ... because it affects the lumbar spine of the lower back. Symptoms include: Facet arthropathy is a type of degenerative arthritis that ...

The main causes of facet hypertrophy include spinal degeneration, synovial inflammation, and joint instability or ...

Sixteen adult human lumbar spine facet joints were harvested from patients undergoing various lumbar spine procedures. Diagnoses included degenerative disc disease, adult spinal deformity ...

In research arm 1, radiologists reviewed lumbar spine images with symptom information obtained from patient questionnaires and diagnosed facet joint degeneration as the presumptive pain generator.