Relationship between Sacralization and low back pain in rural population

Madhura Darware, Ashish Bele, Waqar M. Naqvi, Om C. Wadhokar

Nair Physiotherapy Coll1ege, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.

ABSTRACT

Sacralization is an embryo congenital defect in which the fifth lumbar vertebra is fused to the sacrum in various degrees. The prevalence of sacralization is 7.5 percent. Sacralization can be unilateral or bilateral. This disorder arises due to irregularities in the lumbosacral spine segmentation during development. Transverse process of the L5 on one side or both sides is wider than usual and fuses into the sacrum or ilium or both in the sacralization of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Low back pain is the most common symptom in most of the population throughout their lifetime. As low back pain is a leading cause of disability, interfering with quality of life and job outcomes our goal is to assess the association between sacralisation and low back pain. Purpose: To study the relationship between sacralization and low back pain. Because the role of sacralization throughout causing LBP is still controversial. This is the observational study which includes 55 participants who have low back ache. The participants are between the ages 60 to 70 years. The intensity of pain was assessed through NPRS. To assess the relationship between Sacralization and low back pain, all the participants were sent for Xray and the presence of Sacralization was assessed by X-ray. We found that there was a significant relationship between sacralization and low back pain. The patients with sacralization show the high intensity of low back pain. We concluded that Sacralization affects the lumbosacral spine in different ways and result in pain in lower back. And there is significant association of sacralization with low back ache.

Keywords:

Sacralization, low back pain, radiologic findings in sacralization