Facet joint arthrosis is an intervertebral disc disorder.
In the event of hypertrophy of the vertebrae painful arthrosis can occur.
[1] The "lumbar facet arthrosis syndrome" was described in a 1987 article by S. M. Eisenstein and C. R. Parry of Witwatersrand University.
[2] Computerized tomography is the ideal for typifying facet joint arthrosis; evidence suggests that magnetic resonance imaging is not as sensitive in identifying bony changes.
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