SIMEG - sacroiliac medical expert group

A truly great book! I strongly recommend this book for every medical specialist for SIJ care.
Daisuke Kurosawa, MD

Read more about Dr. Dall's insights on SIJ pain and treatment

Tens of thousands of sacroiliac joint fusion surgeries are being performed each year in America. The potential number of future patients is thought to be massive due to new information showing that 15-30% of all low back pain is thought to be due to the sacroiliac joint. This translates into millions of people who could be eligible for one of these fusions. Industry clearly understands this and is currently manufacturing devices, costing approximately #10,000 per joint, for these surgeries. What started as one company creating such a device has exploded into more than 30 all searching for and hoping to see that “blue ocean” of endless financial return to make millions, if not billions. Complications with these surgeries do occur that include severe bleeding, neurological injury with paralysis, lasting morbidity, death, and countless others all numbering in the thousands. It is difficult to believe, but the surgeons implanting all these devices have not been formally trained to do so by their institutions or the national surgeon education societies leaving the very industry that manufacturers the devices, and their paid surgeon surrogates, as their primary teaching source. What is taught to the surgeons is what it takes to find patients to operate on and how to implant their specific devices. Since there are no questions on these types of patients or the fusions performed on them by America’s national board examiners, we might conclude that no surgeons in our country are board certified to be doing these surgeries. The current surgical approach used for the majority of fusions on the sacroiliac joint, which was achieved through industry’s manipulation of a profitable FDA loophole, just happens to be the one considered by many spine surgeons to be the least safe and most tissue damaging of all the available approaches.
Only in our “for profit” American capitalistic health care system can we find such a conflict of interest being tolerated and ignored by the very institutions that train surgeons, those that certify surgeon’s abilities, hospitals, insurance companies, and those institutions within our federal government tasked to keep all patients safe. Patients in this current paradigm, who suffer with chronic low back pain from their sacroiliac joint, are now simply pawns being used by industry to enhance their bottom line. When one examines what is really happening to this group of patients, it is a clear and detailed reflection of what is happening to patients across the whole landscape of health care in America today. This book goes into scrutinous detail on how we got to where we are and educates the reader on all how our societies, institutions, and industry bear the primary responsibility. Patients are being used and abused at every possible level in America’s “for profit” health care system. This book offers multiple suggestions as to how to address the many “sacroiliac pain problems” in America and offers the important steps we need to take as the culture of America to put the patient back at the top of the health care pyramid, and provide the safest surgeries possible when they are needed.

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Textbooks on the sacroiliac joint

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One of our SIMEG members, Dr. Clement M.L. Werner, has published a book on patient education. I read Dr. Dall's latest book and realized that patient education is an important endeavor.

This small book explains the sacroiliac joint in simple language and is clearly illustrated. Especially the pain area is helpful for patients to consider their condition. Pages 73-75 are novel in describing how to manage residual symptoms after sacroiliac fusion surgery. It contained useful information for us medical specialists as well.

As a SIMEG project, I thought it was important to create such a simple book for patients, medical students, and physicians.

Daisuke Kurosawa

Literatures of SIMEG members

Daisuke Kurosawa

  • Sasaki T, Kurosawa D, Murakami E. Sacrotuberous Ligament Pain in Patients who Underwent Sacroiliac Joint Arthrodesis: Incidence and Management of Post-Surgical Lower-Buttock Pain. Spine Surg Relat Res. 2022 Mar 4;6(5):555-562.
  • Toyohara R, Kaneuji A, Takano N, Kurosawa D, Hammer N, Ohashi T. A patient-cohort study of numerical analysis on sacroiliac joint stress distribution in pre- and post-operative hip dysplasia. Sci Rep. 2022 Aug 25;12(1):14500.
  • Sanaka K, Hashimoto K, Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Ozawa H, Takahashi K, Onoki T, Aizawa T. The psoas major muscle is essential for bipedal walking - An analysis using a novel upright bipedal-walking android model. Gait Posture. 2022 May;94:15-18.
  • Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Koga H, Ozawa H. Three-Year Clinical Outcomes after Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Arthrodesis Using Triangular Implants in Japan: A Pilot Study of Five Cases. Spine Surg Relat Res. 2021 Jun 11;6(1):71-78.
  • Sasaki T, Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Watanabe T. Physical therapeutic options for residual sacrotuberous ligament pain after treatment of sacroiliac joint dysfunction. J Phys Ther Sci. 2021 Sep;33(9):646-652.
  • Venayre B, Koyama Y, Kurosawa D, Hammer N, Lingslebe U, Murakami E, Ozawa H, Ohashi T. Quantitative evaluation of the sacroiliac joint fixation in stress reduction on both sacroiliac joint cartilage and ligaments: A finite element analysis. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2021 May;85:105350.
  • Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Aizawa T, Watanabe T. Surgical Outcomes of Patients with Sacroiliac Joint Pain: An Analysis of Patients with Poor Results Regarding Activities of Daily Living. Spine Surg Relat Res. 2021 Jan 21;5(3):189-195.
  • Poilliot A, Kurosawa D, Toranelli M, Zhang M, Zwirner J, Müller-Gerbl M, Hammer N. Subchondral Bone Changes Following Sacroiliac Joint Arthrodesis - A Morpho-mechanical Assessment of Surgical Treatment of the Painful Joint. Pain Physician. 2021 May;24(3):E317-E326.
  • Toyohara R, Kurosawa D, Hammer N, Werner M, Honda K, Sekiguchi Y, Izumi SI, Murakami E, Ozawa H, Ohashi T. Finite element analysis of load transition on sacroiliac joint during bipedal walking. Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 13;10(1):13683.
  • Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Aizawa T, Watanabe T, Yabe Y. Criteria for Identifying Technically Difficult Cases when Performing Sacroiliac Intraarticular Injections Based on the Grade of Sacroiliac Arthrogram. Pain Med. 2020 Oct 1;21(10):2105-2110.
  • Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Aizawa T, Watanabe T, Ozawa H. Pitfalls during Sacroiliac Joint Arthrodesis for Patients with Severe Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Report of Three Cases with Sacral Dysmorphism Induced by Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae. J Orthop Case Rep. 2019;10(1):54-57.
  • Tonosu J, Kurosawa D, Nishi T, Ito K, Morimoto D, Musha Y, Ozawa H, Murakami E. The association between sacroiliac joint-related pain following lumbar spine surgery and spinopelvic parameters: a prospective multicenter study. Eur Spine J. 2019 Jul;28(7):1603-1609.
  • Murakami E, Kurosawa D, Aizawa T. Sacroiliac joint arthrodesis for chronic sacroiliac joint pain: an anterior approach and clinical outcomes with a minimum 5-year follow-up. J Neurosurg Spine. 2018 Sep;29(3):279-285.
  • Murakami E, Kurosawa D, Aizawa T. Treatment strategy for sacroiliac joint-related pain at or around the posterior superior iliac spine. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2018 Feb;165:43-46.
  • Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Aizawa T. Groin pain associated with sacroiliac joint dysfunction and lumbar disorders. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2017 Oct;161:104-109.
  • Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Aizawa T. Fluoroscopy-Guided Sacroiliac Intraarticular Injection via the Middle Portion of the Joint. Pain Med. 2017 Sep 1;18(9):1642-1648.
  • Murakami E, Aizawa T, Kurosawa D, Noguchi K. Leg symptoms associated with sacroiliac joint disorder and related pain. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2017 Jun;157:55-58.
  • Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Ozawa H, Koga H, Isu T, Chiba Y, Abe E, Unoki E, Musha Y, Ito K, Katoh S, Yamaguchi T. A Diagnostic Scoring System for Sacroiliac Joint Pain Originating from the Posterior Ligament. Pain Med. 2017 Feb 1;18(2):228-238.
  • Kurosawa D, Murakami E, Aizawa T. Referred pain location depends on the affected section of the sacroiliac joint. Eur Spine J. 2015 Mar;24(3):521-7.

Jeffrey Donner

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Volker Fuchs

  • Fuchs V, Ruhl B. Distraction arthrodesis of the sacroiliac joint: 2-year results of a descriptive prospective multi-center cohort study in 171 patients. Eur Spine J. 2018 Jan;27(1):194-204.
  • Hammer N, Ondruschka B, Fuchs V. Sacroiliac Joint Ligaments and Sacroiliac Pain: A Case-Control Study on Micro- and Ultrastructural Findings on Morphologic Alterations. Pain Physician. 2019 Nov;22(6):E615-E625.
  • William Cross
  • Cross WW 3rd, Berven SH, Slater N, Lehrman JN, Newcomb AGUS, Kelly BP. In Vitro Biomechanical Evaluation of a Novel, Minimally Invasive, Sacroiliac Joint Fixation Device. Int J Spine Surg. 2018 Oct 15;12(5):587-594.
  • Cross WW, Delbridge A, Hales D, Fielding LC. Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: 2-Year Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes with a Principles-Based SIJ Fusion System. Open Orthop J. 2018 Jan 17;12:7-16.

Vikas Patel

  • Patel V. Sacroiliac joint injuries. Orthopedics. 2012 May;35(5):398.
  • Patel V, Kovalsky D, Meyer SC, Chowdhary A, LaCombe J, Lockstadt H, Techy F, Langel C, Limoni R, Yuan P, Kranenburg A, Cher D, Tender G. Prospective Trial of Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Using 3D-Printed Triangular Titanium Implants: 24-Month Follow-Up. Med Devices (Auckl). 2021 Jun 29;14:211-216.
  • Patel V, Kovalsky D, Meyer SC, Chowdhary A, Lockstadt H, Techy F, Langel C, Limoni R, Yuan PS, Kranenburg A, Cher D, Tender G, Hillen TJ. Prospective Trial of Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Using 3D-Printed Triangular Titanium Implants. Med Devices (Auckl). 2020 Jun 16;13:173-182.
  • Patel V, Kovalsky D, Meyer SC, Chowdhary A, Lockstadt H, Techy F, Billys J, Limoni R, Yuan PS, Kranenburg A, Cher D, Tender G. Minimally invasive lateral transiliac sacroiliac joint fusion using 3D-printed triangular titanium implants. Med Devices (Auckl). 2019 May 27;12:203-214.

 

Bruce E Dall

  • Rahl MD, Weistroffer J, Dall BE. Analysis of Complications in Sacroiliac Joint Fusions Using FDA 510(k) Cleared Devices. Clin Spine Surg. 2022 Apr 1;35(3):E363-E367.
  • Dall BE, Eden SV, Cho W, Karkenny A, Brooks DM, Hayward GM 2nd, Moldavsky M, Yandamuri S, Bucklen BS. Biomechanical analysis of motion following sacroiliac joint fusion using lateral sacroiliac screws with or without lumbosacral instrumented fusion. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2019 Aug;68:182-189.
  • Wise CL, Dall BE. Minimally invasive sacroiliac arthrodesis: outcomes of a new technique. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2008 Dec;21(8):579-84.
  • Dall BE, Eden SV. Outcomes of bilateral sacroiliac joint fusions and the importance of understanding potential coexisting lumbosacral pathology that might also require surgical treatment. Acta Orthop Belg. 2015 Jun;81(2):233-9.

Thomas Freeman

  • Freeman TB, Bach K, Murtagh RD. Influence of Lumbar Stenosis Surgery on Sacroiliac Joint Pain-Long-Term Results. World Neurosurg. 2020 Apr;136:e386-e392.
  • Noureldine MHA, Freeman TB, Alikhani P. Simultaneous Sacroiliac Joint Fusion in Patients with Long Lumbosacral Constructs: Case Report and Operative Technique. World Neurosurg. 2020 Jul;139:434-439.

David Polly

  • Ladd B, Jones K, Polly D Jr. Rescue Pelvic Fixation in a Patient with Sacral-2-Alar-Iliac and Triangular Sacroiliac Joint Fusion (Bedrock) Instrumentation. World Neurosurg. 2022 Oct 19;169:10-11.
  • Ackerman SJ, Deol GS, Polly DW. Cost-Utility Analysis of Sacroiliac Joint Fusion in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Multi-Level Lumbar Fusion to the Sacrum. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2022 Aug 8;14:523-535.
  • Martin CT, Holton KJ, Jones KE, Sembrano JN, Polly DW. Bilateral open sacroiliac joint fusion during adult spinal deformity surgery using triangular titanium implants: technique description and presentation of 21 cases. J Neurosurg Spine. 2021 Sep 10;36(1):86-92.
  • Panico M, Chande RD, Lindsey DP, Maria Tobia Villa T, Yerby SA, Brayda-Bruno M, Bassani T, Polly DW, Galbusera F. High-Demand Spinal Deformity With Multi-Rod Constructs and Porous Fusion/Fixation Implants: A Finite Element Study. Global Spine J. 2022 Nov 24:21925682221141874.
  • Freeman AL, Bechtold JE, Polly DW Jr. Biomechanical Stability of the Sacroiliac Joint with Differing Implant Configurations in a Synthetic Model. Int J Spine Surg. 2021 Oct;15(5):853-861.
  • Mikula AL, Fogelson JL, Oushy S, Pinter ZW, Peters PA, Abode-Iyamah K, Sebastian AS, Freedman B, Currier BL, Polly DW, Elder BD. Change in pelvic incidence between the supine and standing positions in patients with bilateral sacroiliac joint vacuum signs. J Neurosurg Spine. 2021 Jan 15;34(4):617-622.
  • San Miguel-Ruiz JE, Polly D, Albersheim M, Sembrano J, Takahashi T, Lender P, Martin CT. Is the Implant in Bone? The Accuracy of CT and Fluoroscopic Imaging for Detecting Malpositioned Pelvic Screw and SI Fusion Implants. Iowa Orthop J. 2021;41(1):89-94.
  • Martin CT, Haase L, Lender PA, Polly DW. Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: The Current Evidence. Int J Spine Surg. 2020 Feb 10;14(Suppl 1):20-29.
  • Polly DW Jr, Holton KJ. Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: A Lateral Approach Using Triangular Titanium Implants and Navigation. JBJS Essent Surg Tech. 2020 Oct 19;10(4):e19.00067.
  • Yson SC, Sembrano JN, Polly DW Jr. Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Approaches and Recent Outcomes. PM R. 2019 Aug;11 Suppl 1:S114-S117.
  • Polly DW Jr. Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion vs. conservative management for chronic sacroiliac joint pain. J Spine Surg. 2019 Sep;5(3):381-383.
  • Buysman EK, Halpern R, Polly DW. Sacroiliac joint fusion health care cost comparison prior to and following surgery: an administrative claims analysis. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2018 Oct 17;10:643-651.
  • Dengler J, Duhon B, Whang P, Frank C, Glaser J, Sturesson B, Garfin S, Cher D, Rendahl A, Polly D; INSITE, iMIA, SIFI study groups. Predictors of Outcome in Conservative and Minimally Invasive Surgical Management of Pain Originating From the Sacroiliac Joint: A Pooled Analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Nov 1;42(21):1664-1673.
  • Polly DW Jr. The Sacroiliac Joint. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2017 Jul;28(3):301-312.
  • Cher DJ, Frasco MA, Arnold RJ, Polly DW. Cost-effectiveness of minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2015 Dec 18;8:1-14.
  • Polly DW, Cher D. Ignoring the sacroiliac joint in chronic low back pain is costly. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2016 Jan 21;8:23-31.
  • Polly DW, Swofford J, Whang PG, Frank CJ, Glaser JA, Limoni RP, Cher DJ, Wine KD, Sembrano JN; INSITE Study Group. Two-Year Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion vs. Non-Surgical Management for Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction. Int J Spine Surg. 2016 Aug 23;10:28.
  • Cher DJ, Polly DW. Improvement in Health State Utility after Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Comparison to Normal Populations. Global Spine J. 2016 Mar;6(2):100-7.
  • Polly D, Cher D, Whang PG, Frank C, Sembrano J; INSITE Study Group. Does Level of Response to SI Joint Block Predict Response to SI Joint Fusion? Int J Spine Surg. 2016 Jan 21;10:4.
  • Whang P, Cher D, Polly D, Frank C, Lockstadt H, Glaser J, Limoni R, Sembrano J. Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Using Triangular Titanium Implants vs. Non-Surgical Management: Six-Month Outcomes from a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Spine Surg. 2015 Mar 5;9:6.
  • Garber T, Ledonio CG, Polly DW Jr. How Much Work Effort is Involved in Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion? Int J Spine Surg. 2015 Nov 6;9:58.
  • Polly DW, Cher DJ, Wine KD, Whang PG, Frank CJ, Harvey CF, Lockstadt H, Glaser JA, Limoni RP, Sembrano JN; INSITE Study Group. Randomized Controlled Trial of Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Using Triangular Titanium Implants vs Nonsurgical Management for Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: 12-Month Outcomes. Neurosurgery. 2015 Nov;77(5):674-90; discussion 690-1.
  • Cher D, Polly D, Berven S. Sacroiliac joint pain: burden of disease. Med Devices (Auckl). 2014 Apr 12;7:73-81.
  • Ledonio CG, Polly DW Jr, Swiontkowski MF. Minimally invasive versus open sacroiliac joint fusion: are they similarly safe and effective? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Jun;472(6):1831-8.
  • Ledonio CG, Polly DW Jr, Swiontkowski MF, Cummings JT Jr. Comparative effectiveness of open versus minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion. Med Devices (Auckl). 2014 Jun 5;7:187-93.
  • Ackerman SJ, Polly DW Jr, Knight T, Holt T, Cummings J. Management of sacroiliac joint disruption and degenerative sacroiliitis with nonoperative care is medical resource-intensive and costly in a United States commercial payer population. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2014 Feb 11;6:63-74.
  • Ackerman SJ, Polly DW Jr, Knight T, Holt T, Cummings J Jr. Nonoperative care to manage sacroiliac joint disruption and degenerative sacroiliitis: high costs and medical resource utilization in the United States Medicare population. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Apr;20(4):354-63.
  • Ackerman SJ, Polly DW Jr, Knight T, Schneider K, Holt T, Cummings J Jr. Comparison of the costs of nonoperative care to minimally invasive surgery for sacroiliac joint disruption and degenerative sacroiliitis in a United States commercial payer population: potential economic implications of a new minimally invasive technology. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2014 May 24;6:283-96.
  • Lorio MP, Polly DW Jr, Ninkovic I, Ledonio CG, Hallas K, Andersson G. Utilization of Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach for Sacroiliac Joint Fusion in Surgeon Population of ISASS and SMISS Membership. Open Orthop J. 2014 Jan 24;8:1-6.
  • Ackerman SJ, Polly DW Jr, Knight T, Schneider K, Holt T, Cummings J. Comparison of the costs of nonoperative care to minimally invasive surgery for sacroiliac joint disruption and degenerative sacroiliitis in a United States Medicare population: potential economic implications of a new minimally-invasive technology. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2013 Nov 20;5:575-87.
  • Sembrano JN, Polly DW Jr. How often is low back pain not coming from the back? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Jan 1;34(1):E27-32.

John Stark

  • Stark J, Fuentes A, Fuentes T, et al. The history of sacroiliac joint arthrodesis: a critical review and introduction of a new technique. Curr Orthop Pract. 2011;22(6):545-57.

Thomas Kibsgård

  • Randers EM, Gerdhem P, Dahl J, Stuge B, Kibsgård TJ. The effect of minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion compared with sham operation: study protocol of a prospective double-blinded multicenter randomized controlled trial. Acta Orthop. 2022 Jan 3;93:75-81.
  • Kibsgård TJ, Röhrl SM, Røise O, Sturesson B, Stuge B. Movement of the sacroiliac joint during the Active Straight Leg Raise test in patients with long-lasting severe sacroiliac joint pain. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2017 Aug;47:40-45.
  • Hammer N, Scholze M, Kibsgård T, Klima S, Schleifenbaum S, Seidel T, Werner M, Grunert R. Physiological in vitro sacroiliac joint motion: a study on three-dimensional posterior pelvic ring kinematics. J Anat. 2019 Mar;234(3):346-358.
  • Kibsgård TJ. Radiostereometric analysis of sacroiliac joint movement and outcomes of pelvic joint fusion. Acta Orthop Suppl. 2015 Apr;86(359):1-43.
  • Kibsgård TJ, Røise O, Sturesson B, Röhrl SM, Stuge B. Radiosteriometric analysis of movement in the sacroiliac joint during a single-leg stance in patients with long-lasting pelvic girdle pain. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2014 Apr;29(4):406-11.
  • Kibsgård TJ, Røise O, Stuge B, Röhrl SM. Precision and accuracy measurement of radiostereometric analysis applied to movement of the sacroiliac joint. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Nov;470(11):3187-94.
  • Kibsgård TJ, Røise O, Stuge B. Pelvic joint fusion in patients with severe pelvic girdle pain - a prospective single-subject research design study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 Mar 15;15:85.
  • Kibsgård TJ, Røise O, Sudmann E, Stuge B. Pelvic joint fusions in patients with chronic pelvic girdle pain: a 23-year follow-up. Eur Spine J. 2013 Apr;22(4):871-7.

Bengt Sturesson

  • Dengler J, Kools D, Pflugmacher R, Gasbarrini A, Prestamburgo D, Gaetani P, Cher D, Van Eeckhoven E, Annertz M, Sturesson B. Randomized Trial of Sacroiliac Joint Arthrodesis Compared with Conservative Management for Chronic Low Back Pain Attributed to the Sacroiliac Joint. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Mar 6;101(5):400-411.
  • Kibsgård TJ, Röhrl SM, Røise O, Sturesson B, Stuge B. Movement of the sacroiliac joint during the Active Straight Leg Raise test in patients with long-lasting severe sacroiliac joint pain. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2017 Aug;47:40-45.
  • Kibsgård TJ, Røise O, Sturesson B, Röhrl SM, Stuge B. Radiosteriometric analysis of movement in the sacroiliac joint during a single-leg stance in patients with long-lasting pelvic girdle pain. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2014 Apr;29(4):406-11.
  • Hodges PW, Cholewicki J, Popovich JM Jr, Lee AS, Aminpour P, Gray SA, Cibulka MT, Cusi M, Degenhardt BF, Fryer G, Gutke A, Kennedy DJ, Laslett M, Lee D, Mens J, Patel VV, Prather H, Sturesson B, Stuge B, Vleeming A. Building a Collaborative Model of Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction and Pelvic Girdle Pain to Understand the Diverse Perspectives of Experts. PM R. 2019 Aug;11 Suppl 1:S11-S23.
  • Sturesson B, Uden A, Vleeming A. A radiostereometric analysis of movements of the sacroiliac joints during the standing hip flexion test. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Feb 1;25(3):364-8.
  • Dengler JD, Kools D, Pflugmacher R, Gasbarrini A, Prestamburgo D, Gaetani P, van Eeckhoven E, Cher D, Sturesson B. 1-Year Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Conservative Management vs. Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment for Sacroiliac Joint Pain. Pain Physician. 2017 Sep;20(6):537-550.
  • Dengler J, Sturesson B, Kools D, Prestamburgo D, Cher D, van Eeckhoven E, Erk E, Pflugmacher R, Vajkoczy P; the iMIA study group. Referred leg pain originating from the sacroiliac joint: 6-month outcomes from the prospective randomized controlled iMIA trial. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2016 Nov;158(11):2219-2224.
  • Dengler J, Sturesson B, Kools D, Prestamburgo D, Cher D, van Eeckhoven E, Erk E, Gasbarrini A, Pflugmacher R, Vajkoczy P. Risk Factors for Continued Opioid Use in Conservative Versus Surgical Management of Low Back Pain Originating From the Sacroiliac Joint. Global Spine J. 2018 Aug;8(5):453-459.
  • Dengler J, Duhon B, Whang P, Frank C, Glaser J, Sturesson B, Garfin S, Cher D, Rendahl A, Polly D; INSITE, iMIA, SIFI study groups. Predictors of Outcome in Conservative and Minimally Invasive Surgical Management of Pain Originating From the Sacroiliac Joint: A Pooled Analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Nov 1;42(21):1664-1673.
  • Sturesson B, Udén A, Onsten I. Can an external frame fixation reduce the movements in the sacroiliac joint? A radiostereometric analysis of 10 patients. Acta Orthop Scand. 1999 Feb;70(1):42-6.
  • Sturesson B, Kools D, Pflugmacher R, Gasbarrini A, Prestamburgo D, Dengler J. Six-month outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of minimally invasive SI joint fusion with triangular titanium implants vs conservative management. Eur Spine J. 2017 Mar;26(3):708-719.
  • Sturesson B, Selvik G, Udén A. Movements of the sacroiliac joints. A roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1989 Feb;14(2):162-5.
  • Sturesson B, Uden A, Vleeming A. A radiostereometric analysis of the movements of the sacroiliac joints in the reciprocal straddle position. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Jan 15;25(2):214-7.
  • Sturesson B, Udén G, Udén A. Pain pattern in pregnancy and "catching" of the leg in pregnant women with posterior pelvic pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1997 Aug 15;22(16):1880-3; discussion 1884.

Mel Cusi

  • Cusi M, Saunders J, Van der Wall H, Fogelman I. Metabolic disturbances identified by SPECT-CT in patients with a clinical diagnosis of sacroiliac joint incompetence. Eur Spine J. 2013 Jul;22(7):1674-82.
  • Saunders J, Cusi M, Van der Wall H. What's Old Is New Again: The Sacroiliac Joint as a Cause of Lateralizing Low Back Pain. Tomography. 2018 Jun;4(2):72-77.
  • Saunders J, Cusi M, Robinson D, Van der Wall H. Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction in the Athlete: Diagnosis and Management. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2018 Feb;17(2):73-74.
  • Cusi M, Saunders J, Hungerford B, Wisbey-Roth T, Lucas P, Wilson S. The use of prolotherapy in the sacroiliac joint. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Feb;44(2):100-4.
  • Cusi M, Van der Wall H, Saunders J, Wong L, Pearson M, Fogelman I. Sacroiliac steroid injections do not predict ablation relief-not a surprise. Pain Med. 2013 Jan;14(1):163-4.

Park Soo-An

  • Park SA, Kwak DS, Cho HJ. Technical variation of trans-articular sacroiliac joint (SIJ) fusion using three screws considering the effects of sacral dysplasia in patients with non-traumatic SIJ pain. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 Aug 28;20(1):386.

Hiroaki Koga

  • Tofuku K, Koga H, Komiya S. The diagnostic value of single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography for severe sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Eur Spine J. 2015 Apr;24(4):859-63.

Juichi Tonosu

  • Tonosu J, Oka H, Watanabe K, Abe H, Higashikawa A, Kawai T, Yamada K, Nakarai H, Tanaka S, Matsudaira K. Characteristics of the spinopelvic parameters of patients with sacroiliac joint pain. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 4;11(1):5189.
  • Tonosu J, Oka H, Watanabe K, Abe H, Higashikawa A, Kawai T, Yamada K, Nakarai H, Tanaka S, Matsudaira K. Relationship Between Sacroiliac Joint-related Pain and Spinopelvic Mobility. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2022 Sep 15;47(18):E582-E586.
  • Tonosu J, Oka H, Watanabe K, Abe H, Higashikawa A, Yamada K, Kuniya T, Nakajima K, Tanaka S, Matsudaira K. Validation study of a diagnostic scoring system for sacroiliac joint-related pain. J Pain Res. 2018 Aug 28;11:1659-1663.
  • Tonosu J, Kurosawa D, Nishi T, Ito K, Morimoto D, Musha Y, Ozawa H, Murakami E. The association between sacroiliac joint-related pain following lumbar spine surgery and spinopelvic parameters: a prospective multicenter study. Eur Spine J. 2019 Jul;28(7):1603-1609.

Keisuke Ito

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Ayumi Kaneuji

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