title: Study of the lumbar curvature with various factors of pelvic inclination. Change of radiographic lumbar curvature according to hip joint flexion.
abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the hip flexion upon parameters that are indicators of spinal mobility. These parameters include intervertebral disc angle and lumbar curvature by measurement of the radiography in twenty eight healthy men. The state of knowledge of how these parameters relate to lumbar mobility have resolved. The results of the parameters showed negligible changes in relation to the mobility of lumbar spine according to angle of hip flexion except at L4-L5 intervertebral disc angle and lumbar curvature (p < 0.05). This results of study confirms that hip joint movement therapy can be applied to these norms in patient management in supine position of for the stable spinal injuries in the upper lumbar region during early phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: U W
authors.initials: UW
authors.lastname: Rah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D016683:Supine Position