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| * [[Spondylolysis]] | | * [[Spondylolysis]] |
| * [[Spondylolisthesis]] | | * [[Spondylolisthesis]] |
| * Facet joint osteoarthritis. An underpowered [[randomized controlled trial]] found one of 10 patients benefited from [[corticosteroid]] injection of the facet joint.<ref name="pmid1832209">{{cite journal| author=Carette S, Marcoux S, Truchon R, Grondin C, Gagnon J, Allard Y et al.| title=A controlled trial of corticosteroid injections into facet joints for chronic low back pain. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1991 | volume= 325 | issue= 14 | pages= 1002-7 | pmid=1832209 | | * [[Zygapophyseal joint]] osteoarthritis. |
| | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1832209 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> However, possibly due to the small size of the trial, this result did not reach [[statistical significance]]. Radiofrequency denervation or ablation may be able to reduce pain.<ref name="pmid12535508">{{cite journal| author=Niemisto L, Kalso E, Malmivaara A, Seitsalo S, Hurri H| title=Radiofrequency denervation for neck and back pain. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. | journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev | year= 2003 | volume= | issue= 1 | pages= CD004058 | pmid=12535508
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| | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12535508 | doi=10.1002/14651858.CD004058 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> Hypertrophy of the facet joint may lead to [[sciatica]].<ref name="pmid18789864">{{cite journal| author=Kulcu DG, Naderi S| title=Differential diagnosis of intraspinal and extraspinal non-discogenic sciatica. | journal=J Clin Neurosci | year= 2008 | volume= 15 | issue= 11 | pages= 1246-52 | pmid=18789864
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Revision as of 07:42, 4 November 2009
In anatomy, a vertebra is a bone in the spinal column.[1] The zygapophyseal joint (facet joint) is "the joint that occurs between facets of the interior and superior articular processes of adjacent vertebra."[2]
A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above.
Sagittal section of a lumbar vertebra.
Disorders
Various disorders may lead to lumbalgia (low back pain).
References
