Cervical facet-mediated pain. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The cervical zygapophyseal joints, or facet joints, have long been implicated as a source of neck pain. This article examines the epidemiology of pain arising from these joints and relevant anatomy and histology. An emphasis on clinical findings, examination, and imaging are presented, as well as a focus on whiplash-associated pain.

publication date

  • June 15, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Cervical Vertebrae
  • Neck Pain
  • Whiplash Injuries
  • Zygapophyseal Joint

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 79961109296

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.02.006

PubMed ID

  • 21824586

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 22

issue

  • 3