Facet joints are small joints located between the vertebrae in the spine, playing a crucial role in spinal stability and movement. Recent research has increasingly focused on the morphology of ...

Facet joints are found along the back of the spine ... which is a non-inflammatory, degenerative type of arthritis Pain is the main symptom of facet arthropathy. The pain is typically worse ...

The main causes of facet hypertrophy include spinal degeneration, synovial inflammation, and joint instability or injury.

Medial Branch: Nerves that innervate the facet joints, playing a key role in transmitting pain signals from these joints. Osteoarthritis (OA): A degenerative joint disease characterized by the ...

Sixteen adult human lumbar spine facet joints were harvested from patients undergoing various lumbar spine procedures. Diagnoses included degenerative disc disease, adult spinal deformity ...

[8] Degenerative changes of both the facet joints and the intervertebral disk cause the slip, which is rarely more than a grade I slip. Sagittal orientation of the facet joints and facet tropism ...