Neurol. praxi. 2019;20(6):417-420

A multidisciplinary approach in the diagnostics of vertebrogenic diseases from the neurologist’s
and physio-rehabilitation specialist’s perspective

MUDr. Miloslav Dvorák, PhD.¹, MUDr. Ľudovít Želinský, PhD.², MUDr. Vlastimil Horný¹, MUDr. Róbert Rapčan, PhD., MBA, FIPP³, prof. MUDr. Jiří Neuwirth, CSc.⁴, MUDr. Martin Griger, FIPP⁵, MUDr. Ladislav Kočan, PhD.⁶

¹ Neurologické oddelenie, NsP Spišská Nová Ves, Svet Zdravia, a. s., Spišská Nová Ves

² Klinika liečebnej rehabilitácie, Nemocnica Košice-Šaca 1. súkromná nemocnica, Košice

³ EuroPainClinics, Bardejov

⁴ Klinika zobrazovacích metod 2. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha

⁵ EuroPainClinics, Bratislava

⁶ Klinika anestéziológie a intenzívnej medicíny, Východoslovenský ústav srdcových a cievnych chorôb, a. s., Košice

Vertebrogenic diseases are one of the segments of population diseases, that are a significant contributing factor to the disability of the modern human population. The strategy of diagnostics and treatment is often ill-conceived. The aim of this paper is to inform about the options of multidisciplinary diagnostics by a neurologist, physiotherapist, pain management specialist and radiologist. This clinical entity is the second most common reason for a doctor’s visit. In the productive age, vertebrogenic diseases are the major reason of sick leave, the fifth most common reason of hospitalisation, and the third most common reason of a surgical intervention.

Keywords: unspecific back pain, functional status evaluation, functional movement disabilities, radicular syndrome, segmentsyndrome, pseudo-radicular syndrome

Published: December 1, 2019  Show citation