title: [Spinal stiffness. Differential imaging diagnosis with reference to acquired hyperostosis syndrome and spinal loading disease].
abstract: There are numerous diseases which can irreversibly stiffen the whole spine or parts of the axial skeleton. Due to didactic reasons one can distinguish 3 groups of such disorders: Paradigmatic diseases of the spine with an inherent proneness to stiffness. Rare diseases which involve a certain danger of stiffening the spine. Rigidity of the spine due to scientifically unrecognised morphologic phenomena.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dihlmann
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*