Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

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• EV-016★★L4 · Cadaveric / biomechanical model / basic experimentfoundational

  The pelvis is stabilised by form closure and force closure, and becomes unstable when these fail

  The sacroiliac joint is stable only when bony form (form closure) and muscular and ligamentous tension (force closure) engage together. When that closure fails, pelvic instability and pain follow.

  Vleeming A (1999) · The Pelvic Girdle (1999, 2012)

• EV-041★★L4 · Cadaveric / biomechanical model / basic experimentfoundational

  Dysfunction at T12–L1 presents as distant pain in the buttock and groin

  Dysfunction of the thoracolumbar junction (T12–L1) produces referred pain in the buttock, groin and lower back along its nerve distribution (Maigne syndrome).

  Maigne R · Diagnosis and Treatment of Pain of Vertebral Origin

• EV-044★L5 · Expert opinion / classical theory / mechanistic hypothesisfoundational

  The patient's own active contraction can be used to correct joint position

  Muscle energy technique uses the patient's own contraction and relaxation to correct a restricted joint without force.

  Mitchell FL Sr. · Muscle Energy Manual