Ligamento interespinhoso Ir para: navegação, pesquisa

Description

This ligament is composed of thin sheets connecting the spinous processes (from roots to apexes) from C1-S1 one segment at a time. Anteriorly, Its fibres connect with ligamentum flavum, whilst posteriorly its fibres connect with the supraspinous ligament.^[1] The ligaments are narrow and elongated in the thoracic region, broader, thicker, and quadrilateral in form in the lumbar region, and only slightly developed in the neck. In the neck they are often considered part of the nuchal ligament.^[2] 

Function

The role of the interspinous ligament is to limit flexion (bending forwards) through restricting separation of the spinous processes of the vertebral column.

Clinical relevance

The lumbar interspinous ligaments receive an innervation from the medial branches of the lumbar dorsal rami and experimental stimulation of interspinous ligament produces low back pain and referred pain in the lower limbs.This renders the interspinous ligament as an attractive source of low back ache.^[3]

Post mortem studies have shown that the interspinous ligament are frequently degenerated in their central portions, but its unknown whether these lesions are painful or not.otherwise it is conceivable that interspinous ligament might be subject to strain following excessive flexion of lumbar motion segments,but evidence of this is currently still lacking,even by way of comparing clinical history with the presence of midline interspinous tenderness and relief of pain following infiltration of local anesthetic.^[3]

Fibers in the interspinous ligaments (ISL) at different levels are aligned at different directions. The directions of fibres gradually change from horizontal to vertical through the inter-spinous spaces, As one goes from the upper spaces towards the lower ones. The ISL fibres also possess different thicknesses at different levels of the lumbar spine and possibly serve diverse functions according to their orientation and thickness.^[4]

Assessment

Classification of interspinous ligament degeneration

Grade Characteristics : ^[5]

1. Grade A: Low or iso-signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted images or mixed signal intensity
2. Grade B: High signal intensity on T1-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images
3. Grade C: Low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images
4. Grade D: Low or iso-signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted images with hypertrophy or marrow alteration within spinous processes or narrowing of interspinous ligament interval

References

1. ↑ physioadvisor.com. Ligaments of the Spine.  Available from:↑ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Interspinous ligament. Available from:

   ↑ 3.0^3.1 Nikolai Bogduk. ↑ Mahato N K. ↑ Keorochana G., Taghavi C. E., Tzeng S T., Lee K.-B., Liao J.-C., Yoo J. H, etal.   function gtElInit() { var lib = new google.translate.TranslateService(); lib.setCheckVisibility(false); lib.translatePage('en', 'pt', function (progress, done, error) { if (progress == 100 || done || error) { document.getElementById("gt-dt-spinner").style.display = "none"; } }); }