[History and development of spinology]

Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2003 Nov;1(4):304-8, 320. doi: 10.3736/jcim20030423.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Spinal disease is the injury caused by congenital malformation, degeneration, inflammation and trauma. These injuries lead to structural lesion of spinal itself, intervertebral discs, spinal cord, nerve root and the attachment, and can cause spinal and associated diseases. Spinal diseases include some frequently encountered diseases, as well as some stubborn and serious diseases. These diseases may cause pain of head and neck, shoulder and arm, waist and leg when they are mild, and partial or thorough paralysis when they are serious. In this article, the history, development, foundations and research progress of non-surgical operation of spinal diseases and the developing tendency of modern spinology are introduced.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Spinal Diseases / classification
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Spinal Diseases / therapy*