title: [Pelvic morphology and lumbar spondylolisthesis].
abstract: Pelvic morphology is involved in the genesis of spondylolisthesis. The mean age of patients with spondylolisthesis was 57.9 +/- 9.5 years (40-81). 14 were complaining of low back pain and 12 had sciatica. Spondylolisthesis was in stage 1 in 75% of the cases and in stage 2 in 25% of the cases. Low lordosis was observed in patients and controls in 73% and 100% of the cases respectively. Sacral slops was slightly higher in patients than in controls and was higher than 40 degrees in patients and controls at a rate of 35% and 25% respectively. The incidence was higher in patients than in controls. There was a high pelvic retroversion in patients than in controls. High incidence and pelvic retroversion were found in patients with spondylolisthesis and pelvic morphology was probably involved in the genesis of spondylolisthesis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, EPS Monastir, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bejia
authors.forename: Najeh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amara
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Younes
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mourad
authors.forename: Mongi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Touzi
authors.forename: Naceur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bergaoui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*