The symptoms of<unk>  joint arthropathy depend entirely on the location of the degenerated spinal joint, the severity of the damage and the amount of pressure that is being placed on the surrounding structures. It's important to note that the amount of pain a person experiences does not correlate well with the amount of degeneration that has occurred within the joint. Many people experience little or no pain while others, with exactly the same amount of pathology, experience chronic pain. Additionally, in symptomatic<unk>  arthropathy the location of the degenerated joint plays a significant role in the symptoms that are experienced. People with degenerated joints in the upper spine will often feel pain radiating throughout the upper neck and shoulders (cervical<unk> .) That said, symptoms often manifest themselves in the lumbar spine, since they are highest here due to the overlying body weight, mobility and geometry. Affected persons usually feel dull pain in the lumbar spine that can radiate into the buttocks and legs. Typically, the pain is worsened by stress on the<unk>  joints, e.g. by lumbar extension and loading (the basis of the Kemp Test) or lateral flexion but also by prolonged standing or walking. Pain associated with<unk>  is often called "referred pain" because symptoms do not follow a specific nerve root pattern. This is why patients experiencing symptomatic<unk>  can feel pain in their shoulders, legs and even manifested in the form of headaches.
Facet syndrome
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Milwaukee shoulder syndrome
Löfgren syndrome
Fibrous ankylosis
Heel pad syndrome
Failed back syndrome