Arthrosis of posterior intervertebral articulations as a cause of the lumbar pain syndrome

The results of complex examination and treatment of 240 patients with spondyloarthrosis have been analyzed. The effect of risk factors on spondyloarthrosis has been studied, as well as the features of the disease clinical course and tactics of its treatment. Spondyloarthrosis has been revealed to be an independent cause of lumbar pain syndromes, amounting to 69,4 % of all the arthroses and ligamentoses of lumbar spine. Spondyloarthroses treatment is no trouble in case of correct and timely making the diagnosis, and competently performed preventive measures allow to avoid the disease repeated occurrences.