"Osteoarthritis, Spine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A degenerative joint disease involving the SPINE. It is characterized by progressive deterioration of the spinal articular cartilage (CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR), usually with hardening of the subchondral bone and outgrowth of bone spurs (OSTEOPHYTE).
| Descriptor ID |
D055013
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.900.853.625.399 C05.550.114.606.750 C05.550.114.865.399 C05.799.613.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteoarthritis, Spine- Osteoarthritis, Spine
- Spinal Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis, Spinal
- Spine Osteoarthritis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteoarthritis, Spine" by people in Profiles.
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Characterization of degenerative human facet joints and facet joint capsular tissues. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 Dec; 23(12):2242-2251.
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In vivo topographic analysis of lumbar facet joint space width distribution in healthy and symptomatic subjects. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 20; 37(12):1058-64.
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Characterization of a new animal model for evaluation and treatment of back pain due to lumbar facet joint osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Oct; 63(10):2966-73.