Sagittal morphology and equilibrium of pelvis and spine Export

@article{citeulike:2103985, abstract = {A prospective analysis of the sagittal profile of 100 healthy young adult volunteers was carried out in order to evaluate the relationship between the shape of the pelvis and lumbar lordosis and to create a databank of the morphologic and positional parameters of the pelvis and spine in a normal healthy population. Inclusion criteria were as follows: no previous spinal surgery, no low back pain, no lower limb length inequality, no scoliotic deviation. For each subject, a 30×90-cm sagittal radiograph including spine, pelvis and proximal femurs in standing position on a force plate was performed. The global axis of gravity was determined with the force plate. Each radiograph was digitized using dedicated software. The spinal parameters registered were values for thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis. The pelvic angles measured were: pelvic incidence, sacral slope and pelvic tilt. The global axis of gravity was on average 9 mm anterior of the center of the femoral heads. The anatomic parameter of pelvic incidence angle varied from 33° to 85° (mean: 51.7°, SD: 11°). The average lumbar lordosis was 46.5°. The average age thoracic kyphosis was 47°. We found a statistical correlation between incidence angle and lumbar lordosis (r=0.69, P<0.001) and between sacral slope angle and lumbar lordosis (r=0.75, P<0.001). Spine and pelvis balance around the hip axis in order to position the gravity line over the femoral heads. We pose a scheme of sagittal balance of the standing human body.}, address = {Laboratoire de Biome?canique du Mouvement, Groupe de Biome?canique Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Be?nite, France}, author = {Vaz, G. and Roussouly, P. and Berthonnaud, E. and Dimnet, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {2103985}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005860000224}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-0036176151}, doi = {10.1007/s005860000224}, journal = {Eur. Spine J.}, keywords = {alignment, body, femur, pelvis, spine}, number = {1}, pages = {80--87}, posted-at = {2007-12-13 13:26:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Sagittal morphology and equilibrium of pelvis and spine}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005860000224}, volume = {11}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2103985 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2103985 N2 - A prospective analysis of the sagittal profile of 100 healthy young adult volunteers was carried out in order to evaluate the relationship between the shape of the pelvis and lumbar lordosis and to create a databank of the morphologic and positional parameters of the pelvis and spine in a normal healthy population. Inclusion criteria were as follows: no previous spinal surgery, no low back pain, no lower limb length inequality, no scoliotic deviation. For each subject, a 30×90-cm sagittal radiograph including spine, pelvis and proximal femurs in standing position on a force plate was performed. The global axis of gravity was determined with the force plate. Each radiograph was digitized using dedicated software. The spinal parameters registered were values for thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis. The pelvic angles measured were: pelvic incidence, sacral slope and pelvic tilt. The global axis of gravity was on average 9 mm anterior of the center of the femoral heads. The anatomic parameter of pelvic incidence angle varied from 33° to 85° (mean: 51.7°, SD: 11°). The average lumbar lordosis was 46.5°. The average age thoracic kyphosis was 47°. We found a statistical correlation between incidence angle and lumbar lordosis (r=0.69, P<0.001) and between sacral slope angle and lumbar lordosis (r=0.75, P<0.001). Spine and pelvis balance around the hip axis in order to position the gravity line over the femoral heads. We pose a scheme of sagittal balance of the standing human body. IS - 1 JF - Eur. Spine J. AD - Laboratoire de Biome?canique du Mouvement, Groupe de Biome?canique Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Be?nite, France EP - 87 TI - Sagittal morphology and equilibrium of pelvis and spine VL - 11 SP - 80 KW - alignment KW - body KW - femur KW - pelvis KW - spine AU - Vaz, G AU - Roussouly, P AU - Berthonnaud, E AU - Dimnet, J PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005860000224 ER -