MODERN UNDERSTANDING OF VERTEBROGENIC CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
The genealogy of pain syndromes in the neck (cervicalgia) includes a whole list of pathological conditions associated primarily with degenerative changes or inflammation of the structures of the cervical spine with or without involvement of the spinal roots. According to the results of a number of statistical studies [1, 2, 3], cervicalgia is one of the most common pain syndromes in the population (the annual prevalence rate is 30-50% of the adult population), associated with long - term labor losses and high treatment costs