DIAGNOSTIChESKIE VOZMOZhNOSTI SONOGRAFII PRI POYaSNIChNO-KRESTTsOVYKh BOLYaKh

Abstract

Ultrasound examination results of 83 athletes and ballet dancers with lumbar-sacral pain syndrome caused by osteochondrosis, spondylolysis of lower lumbar vertebrae, pathology of lumbar-sacral spine ligaments are presented. Technique of ultrasonography of the lumbar spine from anterior and posterior accesses is given. Pathological changes in various structures lumbar spine (intervertebral disks, ligamentous system) at overloading are described. The advantages of ultrasonography, i.e. informativeness, low invasiveness, possibility of the repeated examination during the treatment are noted.