Title: Movement, stability, and low back pain : the essential role of the pelvis /
Authors: Vleeming, Andry.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Backache Etiology.; Sacroiliac joint Pathophysiology.; Pelvis Mechanical properties.; Lumbosacral region Mechanical properties.; Pelvic Bones physiology; Pelvic Bones physiopathology; Sacroiliac Joint physiopathology; Low Back Pain etiology; Movement physiology
Abstract: The human pelvis, in particular movement at the pelvic joints, has recently become the focus of a number of major research programmes. The outcomes of this research are giving rise to a new set of questions with important clinical implications. These questions include: Is the consideration of the lumbar spine and pelvis as separate entities an obstacle to the effective treatment of back pain? What are the similarities between lumbopelvic pain and peripartum pain? Does the latest anatomical and biomechanical research provide the missing links? How is the stability of the pelvis maintained? What effect does lumbar spine surgery have on pelvic stability? What is the relevance of the latest kinematic findings to the prevention and treatment of low back pain? Movement, Stability and Low Back Pain brings together the latest findings which help to provide the answers to these questions.
Contents: Sect. 1. Anatomy and pathophysiology. 1. The muscular, ligamentous and neural structure of the low back and its relation to back pain / F.H. Willard. 2. Sacroiliac joint dysfunction / V. Mooney. 3. The role of the sacroiliac joints in coupling between spine, pelvis, legs, and arms / A. Vleeming, C.J. Snijders and R. Stoeckart [and others]. 4. The role of the sacroiliac joints in low back pain: basic aspects, pathophysiology, and management / T.N. Bernard -- Sect. 2. Biomechanics. 5. Biomechanics of the human pelvic bone / M. Dalstra. 6. Biomechanics of the interface between spine and pelvis in different postures / C.J. Snijders, A. Vleeming and R. Stoeckart [et al.]. 7. Coupled motion of contralateral latissimus dorsi and gluteus maximus: its role in sacroiliac stabilization / V. Mooney, R. Pozos and A. Vleeming [et al.]. 8. Kinematic models and the human pelvis / A. Huson.