title: The effect of postural scoliosis on lumbar apophyseal joints.
abstract: The effects of leg length inequality with postural scoliosis on the lumbar apophyseal joints was investigated by comparing paired left and right joints, using histological sections from cadavers having a leg length inequality of 1 cm or more, and cadavers having no leg length inequality. A statistical analysis of mid-joint geometry (articular cartilage and subchondral bone thickness) is made from mid-joint histological sections. The study clearly demonstrates that leg length inequality of 1 cm or more is associated with asymmetrical changes in joint cartilage and subchondral bone in the apical and lumbosacral apophyseal joints of the spine in postural scoliosis.
mesh_terms: D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000473:pathology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000473:pathology*