青年颈椎病的研究进展

颈椎病是最常见的骨科疾病之一。但近年来,颈椎病的发病年龄越来越呈现年轻化的趋势,这不仅对患者造成严重的身心痛苦,也造成了一系列的社会问题。青年颈椎病的发生多由于颈椎长期处于不良的学习工作姿势造成,同时心理因素也不能忽视。青年颈椎病实际上为颈椎病的早期阶段,发病常因颈部肌肉等动力平衡失调引起,临床症状以颈肩部的疼痛不适为主,影像学上常表现为颈椎生理曲度的改变和颈椎失稳。防治青年颈椎病应以预防为主,临床确诊后,尽早行综合治疗,防止病情进一步加重。治疗多采取非手术治疗,同时加强颈部的康复训练。目前关于青年颈椎病的发病机制有待更深入的研究,这将有助于加深对该病的认识,在临床中将更好的指导治疗。

Progress on cervical spondylosis in youths

Cervial spondylosis is one of the most common orthopedic diseases. But in recent years, onset age of cervical spondylosis becomes more and more younger, which not only cause serious physical and psychological pain on the patients, but also cause a series of social problems. The occurrence of youth cervical spondylosis caused by cervical bad learning work posture for a long time, but psychological factors cannot be igored. The disease belongs to the early stage of cervical spondylosis in fact, which results from power imbalance of neck muscle. Clinical symptom is given priority to with neck shoulder pain and discomfort, often show the cervical physiological curvature change on imaging and cervical instability. Prevention and treatment of youth cervical spondylosis should mainly focus on prevention. Comprehensive treatment should be provided as soon as possible after the clinical diagnosis of the disease in order to prevent the illness even worse. Conservative treatment is often applied, and the neck rehabilitation training cannot be ignored at the same time. It's necessary to further study about the pathogenesis of cervical spondylosis, which will help to enhance the understanding of the disease and better to guide the treatment. The review aims to make a conclusion about advancement in cervical spondylosis in youths in aspects of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical characteristics and treatment.