title: Facet syndrome: clinical signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
abstract: Low back pain is a major health problem in the United States today. Nearly 80% of Americans experience low back pain during their lifetime, with facet syndrome accounting for a large percentage of these symptoms. A recent study on low back pain showed involvement of one or more facet joints in 79% of the patients studied, while ruptured disc involvement was present in only 1%. This report investigates facet syndrome, its anatomy, etiology, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and various methods of treatment and patient management.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hourigan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bassett
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology