A study on difference and importance of sacral slope and pelvic sacral angle that affect lumbar curvature

Issue title: Recent Trends in Convergence-based Smart Healthcare Service

Guest editors: Sang-Yeob Ohv, Supratip Ghosew, Kyungyong Chungx, Joong-Kyung Ryuy and Jung-Soo Hanz

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Choi, Seyoung | Lee, Minsun^{; *} | Kwon, Byongan

Affiliations: Sun Moon University, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea | [v] Department of Interactive Media, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea | [w] Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Information Technology and Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh | [x] Department of Computer Information Engineering, Sangji University, Wonju, Korea | [y] Department of Computer Software, Daelim University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea | [z] Division of Information and Communication, Baekseok University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Minsun Lee, Sun Moon University, Galsan-ri, Tangjeong-myeon, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. E-mail: kinesiolee@hanmail.net.

Abstract: Individual pelvic sacral angle was measured, compared and analyzed for the 6 male and female adults who were diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis, foraminal stenosis and mild spondylolisthesis in accordance with spinal parameters, pelvic parameters and occlusion state of sacroiliac joint presented by the author of this thesis based on the fact that the degree of lumbar excessive lordosis that was one of the causes for lumbar pain was determined by sacral slope. The measured values were compared with the standard values of the average normal range from 20 s to 40 s of normal Koreans stated in the study on the change in lumbar lordosis angle, lumbosacral angle and sacral slope in accordance with the age by Oh et al. [5] and sacral slope and pelvic sacral slope of each individual of the subjects for measurement were compared. Comparing the difference between the two tilt angles possessed by an individual is a comparison to determine how much the sacroiliac joint connecting pelvis and sacral vertebrae compensated and corrected the sacral vertebrae slope by pelvic tilt under the condition of synarthrodial joint. Under the condition that the location conforming to the line in which the sagittal line of gravity connects with pelvic ASIS and pubic pubic tuberele is the neutral location of pelvic tilt, sacral slope being greater than pelvic sacral slope means pelvic anterior tilting, whereas sacral slope being smaller than pelvic sacral slope means pelvic posterior tilting. On that account, male B, female A and female C had a pelvic posterior tilting of 16 degrees, 1 degree and 5 degrees respectively, whereas male A, male C and female B had a pelvic anterior tilting of 3 degrees, 9 degrees and 4 degrees respectively. In addition, the 6 patients the values of lumbar lordosis angle, lumbosacral angle and sacral slope that were almost twice as much as the normal standard values of Koreans. It is believed that this is because the pelvic sacral slope maintaining an angle that is slightly greater than the normal range by being located in the lowest end of spine considering that the compensation for pelvic tilt, in other words, pelvic limb is not much causes an excess of lumbar lordosis angle. The meaning of this study based on these results is to prove that PSA is one of the important factors that fundamentally determine lumbar curvature. And this is because it is definitely required to have a study on the guideline for appropriate posture and life habit to the maintenance and management of ideal PSA before the end of growth phase and also the exercise therapy and adjustment for the control of PSA.

Keywords: Pelvic sacral angle, sacral slope, lumbar lordosis angle

DOI: 10.3233/THC-140805

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 467-472, 2014