Relationship between lumbar subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness and spinopelvic parameters

Year 2020, Volume: 45 Issue: 3, 1238 - 1245, 30.09.2020

Sevil Okan , Murat Beyhan

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.736745

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was too reveal the relationship between lumbar subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness and spinopelvic parameters.
Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included a total of 92 individuals who had lumbosacral radiographs and lumbar magnetic resonance imaging among the people who applied to Tokat State Hospital in October-December 2019 period. Lumbar subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness, pelvic incidence, pelvic tilt, sacral slope, lumbar lordosis and spinopelvic mismatch (Pelvic incidence minus lumbar lordosis) were determined, and correlations between these measurements were evaluated.
Results: Subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness was 20.50±12.34 mm at L1 vertebra level and 29.79±15.68 mm at L5 vertebra level. Subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness at L1 vertebra level was strongly correlated with body mass index and adipose tissue thickness at L5 vertebra level, but weakly correlated with pelvic tilt and spinal misalignments.
Conclusion: Subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness and body mass index increase was positively correlated. In addition, lumbar subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness and body mass index increase have effects on pelvis and spinal alignment. Lumbar subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness could be used to evaluate the effect of body composition on spinopelvic parameters.

Keywords

Lumbar subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness, Spinopelvic parameter, adipose tissue

Lomber subkutan yağ doku kalınlığının spinopelvik parametrelerle ilişkisi

Abstract

Amaç: Lomber subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı ile spinopelvik parametreler arasındaki ilişkiyi değerlendirmektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Retrospektif tipte planlanan çalışmaya Ekim 2019 ve Aralık 2019 tarihleri arasında Tokat Devlet Hastanesi'ne başvuran Lomber MR ve 2-yönlü lumbosakral grafileri çekilmiş olan 92 birey dahil edildi. Lomber subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı, pelvik insidans, pelvik tilt, sakral slop, lomber lordoz ve spinopelvik uyumsuzluk (pelvik insidans minus lomber lordoz) değerleri ölçüldü ve ölçümler arasındaki korelasyon değerlendirildi.
Bulgular: L1 vertebra düzeyinde subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı 20.50±12.34 mm tespit edilirken L5 vertebra düzeyinde subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı 29.79±15.68 mm olarak ölçüldü. L1 düzeyi subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı ile VKI ve L5 vertebra düzeyi subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı arasında kuvvetli korelasyon, pelvik tilt ve spinal dizilim bozukluğu arasında zayıf korelasyon tespit edildi (p<0.05).
Sonuç: Subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı ve VKİ deki artış arasında pozitif korelasyon mevcuttu. Buna ek olarak lomber subkuan yağ doku kalınlığı ve VKİ’ deki artışın pelvik tilt ve spinal dizilim bozukluğu üzerinde etkili olduğu tespit edildi. Lomber subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı; vücut kompozisyonunun spinopelvik parametreler üzerine etkisinin değerlendirilmesinde kullanılabilir.

Keywords

lomber subkutan yağ doku kalınlığı, spinopelvik parametre, yağ dokusu

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