Lumbar

Question 1

T/F

60% of general population will experience some type of low back pain

Answer 1

False

80% of population

Question 2

What is Neurofibromatosis

Answer 2

hereditary disorder that produces pigmented spots, and pedunculated soft- tissue nodules clustered along the nerve sheaths

Question 3

Describe the nodule development that occurs in neurofibromatosis

Answer 3

• Nodules develop during childhood growing to more than .5 cm in size
• Nodules grow throughout individuals life reaching 1.5 cm or more in size

Question 4

Name that bone changes that can occur with neurofibromatosis

Answer 4

• scoliosis

- Vertebral body scallop