Recent research has increasingly focused on the morphology of these joints and their relationship with degenerative spinal conditions ... revealed that facet joint hypertrophy and tropism were ...

Patients who present only with low back pain or who demonstrate degenerative arthritis associated ... clearly demonstrate impingement caused by facet hypertrophy and the infolding of the ...

Facet hypertrophy is when the joints that help articulate the spinal column—called facet joints—become enlarged, resulting in ...