Prophylaxis of neurologic manifestations of lumbar osteochondrosis: intermediate results, unsolved problems and some methodologic aspects

Issues of prophylaxis and rehabilitation are considered as regards neurologic manifestations of spinal osteochondrosis (NMSO). NMSO primary prophylaxis requires investigation and quantitative evaluation of the disease risk factors, epidemiologic determination of both incidence and prevalence in different groups of population in various periods of time. The standard risk group of NMSO in Byelorussian consists of population of 40-49-year-olds. Some professions may be risk factors for both onset and relapse of NMSO. Secondary prophylaxis of NMSO concerns elevated relapse risk, screening for individuals with either subclinic or early clinic manifestations of the disease. The computer screening-system has been created to identify a group at high risk of NMSO onset or relapse, to keep records, to print documents. It also gives chance to carry out individual prophylaxis of the high risk in the course of mass examination of employees.