title: Roentgenographic analysis of posture in spinal osteoporotics.
abstract: This study was designed to investigate the relationship between postural deformities--including both the spine and lower extremities--and clinical symptoms in spinal osteoporotics. Lateral roentgenographic films of 100 osteoporotic patients taken in a standing position were analyzed. Thoracic kyphosis, a primary deformity of the osteoporotic spine, appeared compensated by the lumbar spine, sacroiliac joint, hip joint, and knee joint, respectively. Low-back pain was highly associated with decreased lumbar lordosis and increased sacropelvic angle, suggesting that the sacroiliac joint was one of the causes of low-back pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Itoi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001416:Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*