- Title
- Zygapophysial joint pain: procedures for diagnosis and treatment
- Creator
- King, Wade; Borowczyk, James MackIntosh
- Relation
- Pain Procedures in Clinical Practice p. 357-389
- Relation
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781416037798100636
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Zygapophysial joint (ZJ) pain stems from synovial ZJs, which are formed by adjacent articular processes (or apophyses) of the vertebrae. In the past, these joints were commonly called “facet joints” but that term is inappropriate because most synovial joints of the body (such as those of the elbows, wrists, and hands) have facets. The term “zygapophysial joints” is the correct name for the spinal synovial joints in current anatomic nomenclature. The phenomenon of lumbar ZJ pain was first mooted in 1911 and gradually gained acceptance but since the 1930s when intervertebral disc surgery became feasible as a treatment for spinal pain, ZJ pain has been overshadowed in the minds of many by disc pain. Cervical ZJ pain has been established scientifically for only the last few decades. Over that time, a great deal of scientific research has been done and a considerable body of literature has been produced. ZJ pain has also generated considerable interest in clinical, funding, and medicolegal fields. Controversies have arisen about the etiology of ZJ pain and about the reliability, validity, and effectiveness of methods used to address it. Against that background, it is important for clinicians to appreciate the methods available for the diagnosis and treatment of ZJ pain and the scientific evidence on which they are based.
- Description
- 3rd ed.
- Subject
- zygapophysial joint pain; vertebrae; synovial joints; spinal pain treatment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1046142
- Identifier
- uon:14588
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781416037798
- Language
- eng
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