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| conditions such as cervicogenic headache, facet syndrome, sciatica and spinal stenosis. |
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| Type M disorders (Musculoskeletal) |
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| conditions such as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, migraine headache, vertigo and bell’s palsy |
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| Type N disorders (Neurological) |
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| conditions such as GI disorders, cardiovascular disorders, learning and behavioral disorders and allergies |
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| Yype O disorders (Organic) |
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| Related to growth and nutrition |
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| Related to blood, lymphatic and organs |
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| Related to bone, nerve, muscle and skin |
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| Condition of degeneration of a vertebra |
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| Anterior displacement of a vertebra |
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| Dysplastic = congenital defect |
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| Isthmic; alteration of the pars interarticularis |
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| Spondylolisthesis Type II |
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| Degenerative; most common at L4 in 40 year-old females |
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| Spondylolisthesis Type III |
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| Traumatic; fracture other than through the pars interarticularis |
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| Spondylolisthesis Type IV |
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| Pathological; due to bone disease like Paget’s disease |
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| Iatrogenic; post-surgical intervention of the spine |
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| Spondylolisthesis Type VI |
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| Break in a part of the vertebra; usually the pars interarticularis |
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| Inflammation of the vertebra |
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| Stiffening, immobility or fusion of a joint |
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| Anterior displacement of a vertebra |
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| Posterior displacement of a vertebra |
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| Protruding fold of synovium and fibrofatty tissue into a facet joint |
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| Absence of separation between two or more adjacent vertebrae |
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| Failure of one half of a vertebra to develop; results in scoliosis |
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| Asymmetry in the alignment of right and left facet joint; seen more commonly between L5 and S1 |
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| Articular surfaces of a facet joint slightly overlapping |
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| Pain radiating along a dermatome |
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| Pain radiating along a sclerotome |
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| Pain radiating along a myotome |
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| Skin derived from one somite and supplied by one spinal nerve |
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| Bone derived from one somite and supplied by one spinal nerve |
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| Muscle derived from one somite and supplied by one spinal nerve |
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| Spina bifida due to deficient folic acid in the first trimester |
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| the ossification centers that form the vertebral arch [lamina and spinous process] fail to develop leading to an absence of the arch |
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| Often there is a tuft of hair [faun’s beard] and a dimple over the defective arch; the defect in the vertebra is hidden beneath normal skin. |
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| Meninges protrude through a defect in the vertebral arch |
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| Spina bifida with meningocele |
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| Spinal cord and meninges protrude through spinal defect |
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| Caudal end of the neural tube does not close |
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| Spina bifida with rachischisis |
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| Narrowing of the intervertebral foramen compressing spinal nerve |
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| Protrusion, prolapsed or sequestration of the nucleus pulposus |
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| Herniation of nucleus pulposus into the annulus fibrosus |
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| Narrowing of the spinal canal |
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| Pain arising from irritation or osteoarthritis of a facet joint |
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| Degeneration of articular cartilage and osteophyte formation |
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