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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Unexpected Sex Differences in the Relationship of Sacroiliac Joint and Lumbar Spine Degeneration.

Maximilian Muellner, Virginie Kreutzinger, Luis Becker, Torsten Diekhoff, Matthias Pumberger, Friederike Schömig, Mark Heyland, Katharina Ziegeler

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maximilian MuellnerCenter for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Virginie KreutzingerDepartment of Radiology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, 10249 Berlin, Germany.
Luis BeckerCenter for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Torsten DiekhoffDepartment of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3593-1449
Matthias PumbergerCenter for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0885-7370
Friederike SchömigCenter for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9224-7363
Mark HeylandBerlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7474-3948
Katharina ZiegelerDepartment of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9763-2420
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEKlinikum im Friedrichshain · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relationship between degenerative changes of the sacroiliac joints and the lumbar spine on CT has not been studied yet. The aim of this analysis is to determine the nature of their association as well as the influence of fixed anatomical spinopelvic parameters on sacroiliac joint degeneration. For this institutional review-board-approved investigation, imaging datasets as well as electronic medical records of 719 patients without back pain from the clinical routine of our department of radiology were included. Age, sex, weight category (slim, normal, obese), parity in women and indication for imaging were noted for all patients. The presence of degenerative lesions of the lumbar spine (disc degeneration, endplate degeneration, spondylophytes, and facet joint osteoarthritis) was noted separately at each lumbar segment (L1 to L5). Sacroiliac joints were assessed for sclerosis and osteophytes. Fixed anatomical spinopelvic parameters were measured: pelvic radius = PR; pelvic incidence = PI; sacral table angle = STA. Correlation as well as regression analyses were performed; data were analyzed for males and females separately. PI increased significantly with age in both women and men, while STA decreased and PR remained constant; neither of them was associated with SIJ degeneration. SIJ degeneration correlated with disc degeneration (tau = 0.331;

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degenerationlumbar spinepelvic incidencepelvic radiussacral table anglesacroiliac joint

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PMID35204366
PMCPMC8870885
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