Spinecare Topics

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Evaluation of Spinal Disorders
Signs and Simptoms

Imbalance:  Lack of equality between muscle forces leading to difficulty performing a task such as walking.


Incoordination (Ataxia) Inability to efficiently contract muscles in a smooth firing pattern during the execution of a movement.


Muscle Fasiculations:  Visible or palpable twitching of muscle fibers.  This can occur with diseases involving the spinal cord, spinal nerve root, peripheral nervous system and with muscle disease.  


Muscle Fatigue:  A progressive loss of muscle performance associated with physical exertion.  This may occur secondary to a loss of nerve supply to the muscle, muscle deconditioning or as the result of muscle disease.


Pain:  An unpleasant sensation associated with actual or potential tissue damage, mediated by specific nerve fibers to the brain where its conscious appreciation may be modified by various factors.


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