Relation between Spondylosis Cervicalis and Injury of the Cervical Spine and Its Contents

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SPONDYLOSIS cervicalis has been known to the medical profession for years under the name of "cervical hypertrophic arthritis" or "cervical hyper-trophic osteoarthritis." Although detailed knowledge of its cause and pathology is far from complete, considerable strides in their elucidation have been made during the last several years.Perhaps the most significant and basic contribution in the field has been made by Brain and his co-workers.1 , 2 It was he who coined the term "spondylosis cervicalis" to describe certain changes previously spoken of as osteoarthritis, and who first suggested that, closely linked with it and involving the same anatomic structures as it . . .