Pelvic compensation accompanying spinal malalignment and back pain-related factors in a general population: the Wakayama spine study

Abstract Some older adults with spinal deformity maintain standing posture via pelvic compensation when their center of gravity moves forward. Therefore, evaluations of global alignment should include both pelvic tilt (PT) and seventh cervical vertebra-sagittal vertical axis (C7-SVA). Here, we evalu...

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Main Authors: Shizumasa Murata, Hiroshi Hashizume, Shunji Tsutsui, Hiroyuki Oka, Masatoshi Teraguchi, Yuyu Ishomoto, Keiji Nagata, Masanari Takami, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Akihito Minamide, Yukihiro Nakagawa, Sakae Tanaka, Noriko Yoshimura, Munehito Yoshida, Hiroshi Yamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39044-2