[Synovial osteochondromatosis]. / L'osteocondromatosi sinoviale.

The Authors have examined the clinical history, roentgenograms, differential diagnosis and treatment of synovial osteochondromatosis.

[Kinesitherapy in lumbago]. / La kinesiterapia nelle lombalgie.

Since most back pain syndromes are due to excessive and long-lasting incorrect postures, we think that such illness may benefit from kinesiotherapy. There must be considered 2 types of back pain: disc pain and static pain. We advise to patients various self control techniques and muscle potentiating gymnastics. Besides these techniques, other adjuvant therapies may be prescribed.

[Considerations on various spinal pains]. / Considerazioni su alcune rachialgie.

Any nerve root irritation from about T6 to L1 is able to carry about parietal and visceral pain in the abdomen, owing to the metameric distribution of the splanchnic and somatic afferent ways along the dorsal roots at all these levels. The cause of abdominal segmental neuralgia are numerous. Radicular abdominalgia is a syndrome of painful and paresthetic sensations, which involve both somatic and visceral components of one or more segments, according to the metameric law. In the osteo-arthrosis in the dorsal intervertebral joints is a most common cause of radicular syndromes simulating intra-abdominal surgical conditions.

[Psychological aspects of lumbago]. / Aspetti psicologici delle lombalgie.

We have focused our attention on some forms of mixed back pain associated to psychological disturbances. After a set of through multidisciplinary test, the patients were administered different therapics, both symptomatic and pharmacological. For its social importance we suggest to start the idoneus therapy as soon as possible.