ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2018
Correlation between the sagittal spinopelvic alignment and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a retrospective study.
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- The triadic relationship between spinal posture, loading, and degeneration.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
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- Correlation Between Sacral Slope and Pedicle Morphology of the Fourth Lumbar Vertebra in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis: role of sagittal alignment.Spine deformity · 2024Article
- Factors Predisposing to The Formation of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis-A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Sacroiliac joint degeneration in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis and related risk factors: a retrospective study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Article
- Imaging analysis and predictive nomogram construction for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with severe clinical symptom based on propensity score matching.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Efficacy of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of double-level lumbar spondylolisthesis with sagittal imbalance.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- The Reliability of CT Scan Measurements of Pelvic Incidence in the Evaluation of Adult Spondylolisthesis.Cureus · 2022Article
- Assessment of sagittal spinopelvic parameters in a Taiwanese population with spondylolysis by the EOS imaging system: a retrospective radiological analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Trapezoidal Vertebral Body and Spine-Pelvis Sagittal Alignment in Patients with Lumber Spondylolisthesis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Article
- Lumbar degenerative disease after oblique lateral interbody fusion: sagittal spinopelvic alignment and its impact on low back pain.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2020Article
- The preoperative predictors for subsequent degeneration in L5-S1 disc after long fusion arthrodesis terminating at L5 in patients with adult scoliosis: focus on spinopelvic parameters.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2018Article
- Evaluation of spinopelvic parameters in lumbar prolapsed intervertebral disc.The Indian journal of radiology & imagingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPain and disability associated with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) results in significant burden on both the patients' quality of life and healthcare costs. Currently, there is controversy regarding the specificity of spinopelvic measures of sagittal plane alignment with respect to DLS. Moreover, the correlation among spinopelvic parameters of sagittal plane alignment remains to be clarified. Our aim in this study was to compare these measurements between patients with single-segment DLS at L5 and a control group with no history of DLS.
methodsOur study group was formed of 132 patients who underwent full length lateral view radiographs of the spine in a relaxed standing posture. Among these, DLS at L5 was identified in 72 patients, forming the DLS group, with no radiographic evidence of lumbar spine disease in the remaining 60 patients, forming the control group. The patient and control groups were balanced with regard to age and sex distribution. The following spinopelvic parameters of sagittal plane alignment were measured: angle of incidence (PI) and tilt (PT) of the pelvis; sacral slope (SS); thoracic kyphosis (TK); lumbar lordosis (LL); and the spinal sagittal vertical axis (SVA). The Meyerding grade of L5 slippage was quantified for each patient in the DLS group.
resultsMeasures of TK, PI, SS, and LL were significantly greater in the DLS than control group (P < 0.05), with no between-group difference in SVA and PT. In the DLS group, the grade of L5 slippage correlated with SS (r = 0.873, P < 0.0001), PI (r = 0.791, P < 0.0001) and LL (r = 0.790, P < 0.0001). Moreover, the measurement for SS correlated more strongly with the PI (r = 0.94, P < 0.01) than the LL (r = 0.69, P < 0.01).
conclusionMeasurements of SS, PI, and LL were specifically associated with DLS, with measurements correlating positively with the grade of slippage.
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