Spinal osteoarthritis primarily manifests as disease of the facet joints of the posterior spine. This Review presents the latest information about the prevalence, presentation, and nature of facet joint osteoarthritis, an important cause of spinal pain that should be viewed as failure of the whole joint rather than a disease of articular cartilage loss and bony hypertrophy.
- Alfred C. Gellhorn
- Jeffrey N. Katz
- Pradeep Suri
