DYNAMIC RADIOGRAPHY FOR FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF JOINTS AND THE SPINE

Аннотация

The article analyzes the significance, advantages, and possibilities of clinical application of the dynamic radiography method in assessing the motor activity of joints and the spine. Dynamic radiography is a visualization examination performed in various functional states (flexion, extension, rotation, lateral bending), which allows for the detection of movement changes in bone and joint structures compared to static radiography. During the study, functional limitations, subluxations, movement amplitude disorders, and stages of degenerative-dystrophic processes observed in the joints (especially in the knee, elbow, hip, and shoulder joints) and the spine (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar segments) were studied. The article also analyzes the comparison of the results of dynamic radiography with other imaging methods - MRI and CT, as well as their diagnostic capabilities. The obtained data indicate that dynamic radiography has high informativeness, especially in the detection of limited mobility, vertebrogenic syndromes, intervertebral instability, and post-traumatic deformities. The research results allow recommending this method as an accurate, effective, economical, and relatively low-radiation load diagnostic tool in the early stages of joint and spinal diseases.