SPONDYLOSIS AND SPONDYLARTHRITIS
Authors: J BORAK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 March 1947SPONDYLOSIS AND SPONDYLARTHRITISJ. BORAK, M.D.J. BORAK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-3-427 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe spine is a weight bearing structure and an instrument of motion. It resembles in this respect the joints of the lower extremities which likewise serve to bear weight and to carry out certain motions. There is, however, an important difference between the two. In the joints of the lower extremities the weight bearing surfaces are also the gliding surfaces for motion. In the spine the structures concerned with weight bearing are the intervertebral discs and the vertebral bodies while the motions are carried out in joints serving this purpose only. This necessitates a separate discussion of the disorders of...Bibliography AYRES CE: Further case studies of lumbosacral pathology with consideration of involvement of intervertebral discs and articular facets, New England Jr. Med., 1935, ccxiii, 716-721. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BUCKLEY CW: Arthritis, fibrositis and gout, 1938, Lewis, London. Google Scholar CHALMER RW: Chronic arthritis of the lumbar spine, Brit. Jr. Rheumat., 1939, ii, 35-46. Google Scholar FEISTMANN-LUTTERBECK E: Die Altersverteilung der Spondylosis deformans nach dem Röntgenbild, Radiol. clin., 1940, ix, 55-64. Google Scholar GEORGE AW: The use and abuse of the term hypertrophic arthritis relative to marginal changes in the vertebrae, Radiology, 1941, xxxvi, 745-746. CrossrefGoogle Scholar GHORMLEYKIRKLIN RKBR: The oblique view for demonstration of the articular facets in lumbosacral backache and sciatic pain, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1934, xxxi, 173-176. Google Scholar KEYESCOMPERE DCEL: Normal and pathological physiology of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc, Jr. Bone and Joint Surg., 1932, xxx, 897-938. Google Scholar JUNGBRUNSCHWIG : quoted by Keyes and Compere. Google Scholar LANGE M: Veränderungen an den kleinen Wirbelgelenken, eine bisher wenig beachtete Ursache von Ruckenschmerzen, München. med. Wchnschr., 1933, lxxx, 1134-1137. Google Scholar OPPENHEIMER A: Diseases of the apophyseal (intervertebral) articulations, Jr. Bone and Joint Surg., 1938, xxxvi, 285-313. Google Scholar OPPENHEIMER A: The diseases of the vertebral column, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1945, liii, 348-369. Google Scholar PUTTI V: Lomboartrite e sciatica vertebrale, 1936, Cappelli, Bologna. Google Scholar WILLIS TA: Backache: anatomical consideration, Jr. Bone and Joint Surg., 1932, xxx, 267-272. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication August 22, 1946.From City Hospital, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAge-Related Incidence of Cervical Spondylosis in Residents of Jeju Island 1 March 1947Volume 26, Issue 3Page: 427-439KeywordsBody weightSpine Issue Published: 1 March 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...