DSA 3: Introduction to Sacrum Flashcards

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What are the sacral landmarks?

A

Sacral base, sacral apex, sacral promontory, Sacral sulcus, ILA, COccyx

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How does the sacrum change throughout life?

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Birth: costal elements, vertebral arch and centrum are cartilage

Age 2-5: vertebral arch fuses with adjacent costal part

Age 8: Fuses with respective centrum

After puberty: Epiphyseal plates fuse from down up, dura attaches at S2 > resulting in 1 sacrum

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What is the appearance of the SI joint ligaments in males and females after puberty?

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Male: SIJ ligaments are well-developed and strong

Female: SIJ ligaments are less developed, allowing mobility during childbirth

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What is the appearance of the SI joint in a patient’s 20s?

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Crescent-shaped ridge develops along the iliac surface which articulates with a depression in the sacrum

Add stability and limits mobility

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What is the appearance of the SI joint in a patient’s 30s?

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Crescent-shaped ridge becomes more pronounced, decreases ROM more

Males: degenerative changes may begin to appear on iliac side

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What is the appearance of the SI joint in the 4th and 5th decades of life?

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Males: Degenerative changes appear on sacral side

Fibrous ankylosis may further limit joint motion

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What is the SI joint classified as?

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Diarthroidal joint - contanis synovial fluid and matching articular surfaces, one side is hyaline and the other side is fibrocartilage

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Characteristics of the SI joint

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L or C shaped with a shorter upper arm and longer lower arm joining at S2

Sacral surface: smooth, hyaline cartilage

Iliac surface: smooth anteriorly, fibrous posteriorly, fibrocartilage

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What ligament is the major bond between the ilium and the sacrum?

A

Interosseous Sacroiliac Ligament

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What is the attachment of the long dorsal SI ligament?

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PSIS to the lateral aspect of 3rd and 4th sacral segments

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What are the differential static landmarks for determining sacral sulcus depth?

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Medial to the PSIS

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What is the purpose of the self-locking mechanism of the sacrum?

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Resistance against shear

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What are the two aspects of the sacral self-locking mechanism?

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Form closure

Force closure

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What is form closure of the sacrum due to?

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How the joint fits together, specific properties of the articular surfaces of the SI joint

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What is force closure of the sacrum due to?

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Compression produced by body weight, muscles, and ligaments holding it together

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What are the dorsal muscles that may affect SI joint stability?

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Latissimus dorsi

Thoracolumbar fascia

Gluteus maximus

ITB

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What are the ventral muscles that may affect SI joint stability?

A

Abdominal obliques

Transverse abdominals

Linea alba (not a muscle but listed on the slide)

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Q

Where does the Superior Transverse Axis of the sacrum pass through? When would the sacrum move around this axis?

A

Posterior aspect of S2

Respiratory cycle

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Where does the Middle Transverse Axis of the sacrum pass through? When would the sacrum move around this axis?

A

Anterior aspect of S2

Nutation and counternutation in the standing position

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Where does the Inferior Transverse axis of the sacrum travel through? When would the sacrum move around it?

A

S3

Axis of movement of ilia on the sacrum

21
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As the lumbar spine extends, what is the sacrum doing?

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As the sacrum extends, what is the lumbar spine doing?

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What is the motion of the sacrum in counternutation?

A

Sacral extension

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What is the motion of the sacrum in nutation?

A

Sacral flexion

(Sacrum needs a drink, tilts foward as the “bowl” of the pelvis tips back)

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Rotation through the lumbar spine causes what movement of the sacrum?
Rotation towards ipsilateral side Sidebending to contralateral side
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Downward force of the lumbar spine onto the sacrum causes what motion of the sacrum?
Nutation (sacral flexion)
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Traction applied from above the lumbosacral junction causes what motion of the sacrum?
Counternutation (sacral extension)
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Sidebending applied through the lumbar spine causes what motion of the sacrum?
Sidebending to the ipsilateral side
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What is the relationship of the movements of ilium and sacrum?
Move in the same direction
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An occipital condylar compression can cause what to occur in the sacrum?
Lowered sacral base on the ipsilateral side
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What is occurring in this XR?
Lumbarization of S1 May be unilateral or bilateral
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What is occurring in this XR?
Sacralization of L5 Note: atypically large TPs of L5 Bat wing deformity May be unilateral or bilateral
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Sacrum dysfunction will commonly manifest as what symptom?
Chronic low back pain
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What are the two criteria for a compensated lumbar spine?
1. Lumbar spine is rotated toward the deep sulcus (PTP and deep sulcus on the same side) 2. Lumbar spine should be sidebent toward the axis in the case of a torsion
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What is the position of the compensated L5 for a flexed sacrum?
Neutral (Type 1 spinal mechanics)
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What is the position of the compensated L5 for an extended sacrum?
Flexed or extended (Type 2 Spinal mechanics)