Spine Conditions

Question 1

Spondylosis

Answer 1

OA/DJD, over 50 y/o
Pain with extension & standing.

Question 2

Spondylolysis

Answer 2

Unilateral fracture of pars interarticularis, Scotty dog fx with broken collar, 15-20 y/o.
Pain with ext, standing, and bending to lift object.

Question 3

Spondylolisthesis

Answer 3

Bilateral fracture with anterior displacement. 20 y/o.
Pain with ext, standing and picking up an object.

Question 4

Disc herniation

Answer 4

Nucleus pushes on nerves, 30-50y/o
Pain with sitting, bending, going up stairs

Question 5

Spinal stenosis

Answer 5

Narrowing of spinal canal, 60y/o+
Pain with extension and standing

Question 6

Lumbar spine conditions with flexion biased

Answer 6

Spondylosis, DJD, facet dysfunction, stenosis, spondylolisthesis

Question 7

Lumbar spine conditions with extension biased (SODA)

Answer 7

Herniated disc, osteoporosis, scheurmanns disease, ankylosing spondylitis

Question 8

S conditions love what

Answer 8

Sitting

Question 9

Scoliosis named for what side

Answer 9

Convex side

Question 10

Ribs pushed how for convex and concave

Answer 10

Convex = posterior ribs
Concave = anter and lat ribs

Question 11

Vertebral body and spinous process deviations with scoliosis

Answer 11

Body = deviates towards convex side
Spinous process deviates towards concave side

Question 12

PA glides to open vertebral space

Answer 12

Top vertebrae

Question 13

PA glides to close space

Answer 13

Bottom vertebra

Question 14

Bilateral PA glides

Answer 14

Spinous process

Question 15

Unilateral PA glides

Answer 15

Transverse process

Question 16

Rotation and side bend directions

Answer 16

C and t spine = same direction
L spine = opposite direction for SB and R