Open AccessThe Amount of Proximal Lumbar Lordosis Is Related to Pelvic Incidence
Author(s) -
Sébastien Pesenti,
Renaud Lafage,
Daniel J. Stein,
Jonathan Elysée,
Lawrence G. Lenke,
Frank J. Schwab,
Hee Jin Kim,
Virginie Lafage
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000380
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar lordosis , lordosis , pelvis , asymptomatic , sagittal plane , anatomy , lumbar , population , radiography , surgery , environmental health
Given that the pelvis is the pedestal on which the spine lies, its morphology has been observed to be associated with specific sagittal spinal shapes and should therefore be taken into account when dealing with pathologic conditions of the spine. However, the exact relationship between the pelvic morphology and lumbar lordosis still remains poorly defined. We hypothesized that the shape of the lumbar lordosis and its relationship with the pelvis could be described using anatomic parameters, independently of posture.