[Importance of a screening system in the prevention of diseases of the lumbosacral division of the peripheral nervous system].

An automated screening system for prophylactic examinations is offered. The system enables one to reveal early compensated forms of lumbar osteochondrosis, as well as persons with an increased risk of that disease. The system is based on a statistical analysis of the lumbar osteochondrosis risk factors revealed in a particular individual, and involves the use of a computer. The practical use of this system at large industrial plants has made it possible to reveal potential patients to whom individual therapeutic and prophylactic complexes were administered. It is shown that the size of the risk groups in workshops depends on the character of the production operations performed and on the working conditions, the correlates with the prevalence of the disease in each particular collective body.