@article{Gresko_2019, title={Evaluation of structural changes in the spinal segment in patients with lumbar osteochondrosis with impaired movement patterns using the methods of radiation diagnosis}, volume={25}, url={https://amljournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/74}, DOI={10.25040/aml2019.01.049}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Aim.</strong>&nbsp;To investigate the lumbar segments roentgenanatomic changes in patients with vertebral osteochondrosis with a disturbance of&nbsp;the&nbsp;motor stereotype.</p> <p><strong>Material and Methods.</strong>The material&nbsp;of the study were&nbsp;protocols of clinical and radiological examination of 80 patients of 22-44 years&nbsp;of agewith lumbar osteochondrosis with a disturbance of the male motor stereotype . X-ray characteristics and signs of degeneration of elements of lumbar segments were evaluated. Statistical&nbsp;methods used were ones&nbsp;of descriptive statistics,&nbsp;and&nbsp;t-criterion by Student method with significance level&nbsp;of&nbsp;p&lt;0,05.</p> <p><strong>Results and Discussion.</strong>&nbsp;In the&nbsp;course of&nbsp;lumbar spondylograms analysis, a significant predominance of structural asymmetry of the elements of the lumbar segments was&nbsp;established: asymmetry of articular processes (in LIII - LIV - 77.5%, LIV - LV - 85.0%, LV - SI - 70.0%, disconverting of articular facets - 72.5%, 81.3%, 57.5% respectively, the asymmetry of the transverse processes is 51.3%, 46.4%, and 76.3%, respectively. Anomalies of the tropism,&nbsp;and&nbsp;rotation of the spinous processes were observed in more than half of the patients. All patients showed signs of degeneration of all elements of the investigated lumbar segments. On the magnetic resonance imaging scans, changes in end-plates&nbsp;of the&nbsp;vertebral bodies&nbsp;of Modic 1 and Modic 2 types were dominant, which amounted to 63.8% for the LIII - LIV segment, 82.6% for LIV - LV and 87.5% for LV - SI. There were signs of degeneration of intervertebral discs of varying degrees in all&nbsp;the&nbsp;studied lumbar segments.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions.</strong>&nbsp;The roentgenanatomic characteristics of lumbar segments in patients with spinal osteochondrosis with motor stereotype disturbance are characterized by a significant predominance of the structural asymmetry of the LIII, LIV, and LV vertebrae: the asymmetrical value of articular (77.5%, 85.0%, 70.0%,&nbsp;respectively) and&nbsp;transverse (51, 3%, 46.4%, 76.3%,&nbsp;respectively) of the processes, discontinuity of the articular facies (72.5%, 81.3%, 57.5% respectively), anomalies of tropism (47.5%, 55.0%, 52.5%,&nbsp;respectively), rotation of spinous processes (67.5%, 63.8%, 33.8%,&nbsp;respectively). Dysplastic and degenerative deformations of the lumbar segments visualized in radiography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with vertebral osteochondrosis with the motor stereotype disturbance can potentiate the development of vertebral pain syndromes.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Acta Medica Leopoliensia}, author={Gresko, I.V.}, year={2019}, month={Feb.}, pages={49-55} }