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Dorsopathy: diseases of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar spine

Dorsopathy can be localized in any region of the spine. The most common cause is osteochondrosis. Dorsopathy is called various pathological changes in the back. The main feature of such diseases that they have no connection with the internal organs and affect only the spine, muscle tissue or ligaments.

Dorsopathy is divided into types on the basis of some features:

  • Destructive. These include deformation of the spine caused by pathological processes in the intervertebral discs. But such deformations do not destroy the shell. Of abnormalities can be distinguished: low back pain of any Department, curvature of the spine in different planes, displacement of the vertebral bodies.
  • Spondylopathy. This kind of dorsopathy and includes different kinds of inflammation and mechanical damage.
  • Vertebral. This type of pathologies includes prolapsed disc, herniated Shmorlja, vertebral compression fractures, protrusion.

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