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Very recent publication. The test did identify 3 cases of pubic joint instability but does not appear to be an accurate assessment of sacroiliac joint instability.Radiosteriometric analysis of movement in the sacroiliac joint during asingle-leg stance

6/20/2014

 
Very recent publication. The test did identify 3 cases of pubic joint instability but does not appear to be an accurate assessment of sacroiliac joint instability.

Radiosteriometric analysis of movement in the sacroiliac joint during a
single-leg stance in patients with long-lasting pelvic girdle pain
Thomas J. Kibsgård a,⁎,1, Olav Røise a,b, Bengt Sturessonc, Stephan M. Röhrl a, Britt Stuge a
Clinical Biomechanics 29 (2014) 406–411

Background: Chamberlain's projections (anterior–posterior X-ray of the pubic symphysis) have been used to diagnose sacroiliac joint mobility during the single-leg stance test. This study examined the movement in the sacroiliac joint during the single-leg stance test with precise radiostereometric analysis. Methods: Under general anesthesia, tantalum markers were inserted into the dorsal sacrum and the ilium of 11 patients with long-lasting and severe pelvic girdle pain. After two to three weeks, a radiostereometric analysis was conducted while the subjects performed a single-leg stance. Findings: Small movements were detected in the sacroiliac joint during the single-leg stance. In both the standing- and hanging-leg sacroiliac join, a total of 0.5 degree rotation was observed; however, no translations were detected. There were no differences in total movement between the standing- and hanging-leg sacroiliac joint. Interpretation: The movement in the sacroiliac joint during the single-leg stance is small and almost undetectable by the precise radiostereometric analysis. A complex movement pattern was seen during the test, with a combination of movements in the two joints. The interpretation of the results of this study is that, the Chamberlain examination likely is inadequate in the examination of sacroiliac joint movement in patients with pelvic girdle pain.

June 14th, 2014

6/14/2014

 
http://forwardthinkingpt.com/?page_id=69?replytocom=36652#respond

A new sacroiliac test: distraction of the PSIS

6/5/2014

 
Critically Appraised Topic:
A New Sacroiliac Distraction Test of the PSIS.
Appraiser: Jerry Hesch, MHS, PT
Date: June 04, 2014

  Clinical Question: Is there evidence to support the use of a distraction test applied directly to the posterior bony pelvis(PSIS) as a pain provocation maneuver for sacroiliac joint mediated pain?

Clinical Bottom Line: The posterior superior iliac spine distractions test (PSIS-DT) had high sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy. These findings contrast distinctly with the other sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain provocation tests which are in common use; including the thigh-thrust test, Gaenslen’s maneuver, Faber test, and pelvic compression and distraction tests. The PSIS-DT appears to have clinical utility is easy to perform and also appears to be very safe. Based on these encouraging results additional research via prospective, blinded, multi-investigator trials appears to be warranted. In the interim, clinical application will yield additional empirical data.

  Citation: Werner, C.M.L., Hoch, A., Gautier, L., Konig, M.A., Simmen, H.P., Osterhoff, G. (2013). Distraction test of the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) in the diagnosis of sacroiliac joint arthropathy. BioMed Central Surgery, 13(52). doi:  10.1186/1471-2482-13-52

  Summary of Study:

Study Design: A retrospective study in a case control design was utilized.

Sample: All patients from a clinical sample of convenience ≥ 18-years of age with low back pain related to the study. Exclusion criteria included spondylitis neuropathies, ridiculous of these, trauma, malignancies, that pathology, dementia, pregnancy, and allergy to injection medication. The control group consisted of 32 volunteers (64 sacroiliac joints) of age40-years =/- 15-years without a history of low back pain or pelvic pain participated.

Intervention/Procedure: Both groups were evaluated with a novel test named Distraction Test of the PSIS, which consists of a medial to lateral impulse with the examiner’s thumb against the medial border of the posterior superior iliac spines (PSIS) performed with the subject standing or in prone. The test incident positive if it reproduced familiar or novel pain in the intervention group.

Within a maximum of two weeks after manual examination the intervention group received an injection by one of four non-blinded investigators. The injection was performed with fluoroscopy guidance to the sacroiliac joint on the symptomatic side(s), consisting of dye, a local anesthetic and a steroid. Traditional sacroiliac pain provocation tests were also performed in both groups consisting of the thigh-thrust test, Gaenslen’s maneuver, Faber test, and pelvic compression and distraction tests.

Outcome Measures: Just prior to and after injection patients filled out a visual analog scale and a report of ≥ 50% pain relief within 15 to 30 minutes was interpreted as indicative of intra-articular sacroiliac arthropathy.

Data Analysis and Results: SPSS statistical software for Windows® 21.0 (SPSS Chicago, IL, USA) was utilized.

11% of the control group had a positive response to the PSIS-DT. In the intervention group 100% who had a positive response to injection were identified with the PSIS-DT. 

In the intervention group sensitivity was 100%, specificity was 89%, accuracy of the test was 94%, and positive prediction value (PPV) was 90% and negative prediction value (NPV) was 100% with an infinitive odds ratio.

In contrast, the traditional tests had much lower sensitivity ranging from 23-34%. Specificity exceeded 90%, PPV exceeded 80%, while NPV averaged 57-60%.

Appraisal: While traditional tests have significant heterogeneity and inconsistency or systematic review the novel PSIS-DT was found to have high sensitivity and specificity and therefore very good accuracy within a population of patients with confirmed symptomatic sacroiliac arthropathy. In contrast with traditional tests this test is rather easy to perform and does not appear to impart forces through proximal structures such as the lumbar spine and hip. Direct force application occurs in an anatomical area of well-documented sensitivity in this patient population. The above reasons encourage continued clinical and research exploration of this novel test.

The following points provide reflection and consideration for future studies.

  • The Gaenslen’s and thigh thrust tests were combined for data analysis without explanation.
  • Only one investigator performed the tests with the control group. This serves as a threat to error rate an assumption of statistical tests and reliability.
  • A pressure algometer could be utilized to demonstrate consistent force application using blinded examiners with randomized mix of intervention and control groups.
  • Reporting of gender and parous status is relevant to this diagnostic group.
  • Greater detail on the exclusion process or hip pathologies is warranted.
  • Replacing the fluroscopy with CT-guided infiltration would allow the identification of any cases with extravasation of pain medication reducing false positive responses.
  • Duration of symptoms in the intervention group was not recorded.
  • The innervation of the soft tissues proximal to the PSIS an example of construct under-representation and more in-depth exploration of the literature would strengthen the internal validity.
  • Literature on inter-tester and intra-tester reliability for PSIS palpation should be presented impacting internal and external validity.
  • Be rationale for performing the PSIS-DT in standing or prone begs explanation.
Conclusion: The posterior superior iliac spine distractions test (PSIS-DT) had high sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy. These findings contrast distinctly with the other sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain provocation tests which are in common use; including the thigh-thrust test, Gaenslen’s maneuver, Faber test, and pelvic compression and distraction tests. The PSIS-DT appears to have clinical utility is easy to perform and also appears to be very safe.

Client Interview Vertical Sacroiliac Instability  

5/31/2014

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agfRJi93D7c

Knee Pain 40-Years Duration: 5-Minute treatment

5/31/2014

 
Knee Pain for 40 Years: Dramatic Response to 5-minute Hesch Treatment
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=T6AFQWdk7W4

Questionable Sacroiliac Mobility Tests. Part 1.

5/23/2014

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tdSMeCAsPA&feature=em-upload_owner

Next Day Response to in Pilates response to Treatment

5/20/2014

 
  • Sondra Ulbrich
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Good Morning, Jerry.Sondra Ulbrich here - from your course in Coconut Creek yesterday .Just wanted to give you some feedback as promised.
Just to remind you who I was.... although I had no symptomatic pain, my three lab partners and I recognized asymmetries in my pelvis.However, being new to the work, we had each misdiagnosed my issue.Once you went over upslip vs. downslip, you demonstrated on me.After you diagnosed my right downslip, you corrected it and I felt no different aside from that interesting tingling in the right side of my neck.For that, I already ordered Dr. Riter's device as you suggested.
But when I went to my Pilates class this morning which involves many tandem standing exercises on the clinical reformer, I found that my need to self-correct my hips was ever so slight and in one pose, nonexistent.Consistently for the past 3 years, every time I was in a lunge type posture, my hips would always need correcting.  Usually the left one would excessively rotate outward and only with feedback from a mirror or an instructor pointing it out would I be able to correct it.  I understood that rotated was what my body felt was neutral.Not the case today.
This morning in six different tandem standing poses, my need for self-correction was so minimal, it took my breath away.In one pose, I needed no correction at all.I even had the instructor come and double check what I thought was happening to make sure I was being objective!
Thank you so much not only for correcting my downslip, but more importantly, for teaching us a new way to gently and simply help our patients.  With more practice on my husband,  I feel comfortable that I will be able to improve my awareness of recoil and improve my assessment skills.
I am currently the primary investigator on a pilot study examining the effect of vibration during exercise on burn patients during both PT and OT.   Although only on the 38th subject of 100 potential subjects and two years into the study, I am truly excited about the work's potential to help lessen burn patients' pain.   Although in the burn center, we always assume our patients' pain is burn related, I am certain patients arrive with issues that may have preceded their burn injury.  I am hoping once this study wraps up to design one which incorporates Pilates into their treatment and perhaps incorporate some of your work.   I will certainly let you know when I get to that point.
Thank you for a truly inspiring course and thank you for your continued work toward advancing our field in a helpful direction.


Sondra Ulbrich, MSPTPhysical Therapist

University of Miami Jackson Memorial Burn Center

Jackson Memorial HospitalMiami, FL

Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Evaluation of Ligamentous Injury in the Pelvis: A Prospective Case-Controlled Study

5/20/2014

 
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma:January 2014 - Volume 28 - Issue 1 - p 41–47doi: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318299ce1bOriginal ArticleMagnetic Resonance Imaging for the Evaluation of Ligamentous Injury in the Pelvis: A Prospective Case-Controlled StudyGary, Joshua L. MD*; Mulligan, Michael MD†; Banagan, Kelley MD*; Sciadini, Marcus F. MD*; Nascone, Jason W. MD*; O'Toole, Robert V. MD*

Supplemental Author MaterialAbstractObjectives: Management of external rotation pelvic ring disruptions is based on which ligaments are disrupted within the pelvis. We hypothesized that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can evaluate the ligaments of the pelvic ring and differentiate injured from uninjured pelves.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Level I trauma center.

Patients: Twenty-one patients with 25 acute external rotation injuries of the hemipelvis; control group of 26 patients without pelvic ring injury.

Intervention: All patients underwent the same MRI protocol reviewed by 1 musculoskeletal radiologist.

Main Outcome Measures: Integrity of 5 structures: sacrospinous, sacrotuberous, anterior sacroiliac, and posterior sacroiliac ligaments and pelvic floor musculature.

Results: Visualization of sacrospinous, sacrotuberous, anterior sacroiliac, and posterior sacroiliac ligaments, and pelvic floor musculature was possible for 91%, 100%, 98%, 91%, and 100%, respectively, of all studied structures. No injuries were identified in control group patients in contrast to ligament injury observed with all injured pelves (0% versus 100%; P < 0.0001). Observed relationship of ligament injury to pelvic injury type generally agreed with the Young–Burgess classification system, with the important exception that patients with anterior–posterior compression type II injuries had damage to the sacrospinous ligament in only 50% of the cases.

Conclusions: Ligamentous anatomy and injury about the pelvic ring appears to be easily evaluated with MRI, arguing that there may be a role for this imaging modality in managing these cases. Tearing of the sacrospinous ligament is variable among anterior–posterior compression type II injuries, arguing that the injury pattern can be subdivided into those with and without sacrospinous ligament tears.

Level of Evidence: Diagnostic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Biomechanical research SI fusion artificial condition

5/20/2014

 
http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=16850 




LinkedIn Sacroiliac Dialogue

5/11/2014

 
From LinkedIn Sacroiliac dialogue May 11, 2014

Jerry Hesch
President Hesch Institute - Las Vegas Manual Therapy

There are many motion patterns of the pelvic complex that can cause pelvic asymmetries. Having cleared lower extremity influences in a hypothetical client (this includes a seated leg length screen, and attempt to qualify symmetry of trochanters) one can focus on the pelvic structure. The majority of asymetries are not due to abnormal movement within the sacroiliac joint so the terminology I will use is faulty pelvic motion coupling. The other assumption being that lumbar influences are essentially ruled out. To be continued...

Jerry Hesch
President Hesch Institute - Las Vegas Manual Therapy

One does have to screen the pubic joint and test the SIJ, but in this example these are clear. 
The Pelvis has 6 typical unilateral patterns and can have 2 typical bilateral patterns. 
In advanced patterns there are several more which are unique to the Hesch model, but will defer elaboration. 
These typical patterns are not based on traditional gross motion tests palpating pelvic landmarks but rather require ligament tone evaluation and passive spring tests to discern lack of mobility, typically treatable, sometimes pathological. 
For additional info see the HeschInstitute web site. 
Nearly every pattern (excepts those that do not recur) have a self-treatm,ent component. Some patterns including sacral, pubic joint, and advanced "ilium/hemipelvis patterns" are resolved with one treatment and therefore home program not needed. Uniquely described are predictable patterns of dysfunction such that a sequence of dysfunctions are treated in order to be thorough, rather than a single movement diagnosis and a single treatment. There are exceptions.

 

David Stern DC PT
Owner/Director at Rocky Point Physical Therapy

Jerry what do you think of Mark Laslett's PT research on the SI jt?

 

Jerry Hesch

President Hesch Institute - Las Vegas Manual Therapy

David, 
I can speak to how it is interpreted and utilized and I will give an extreme example. 
I have a you tube video and in my workshop I teach how one can relatively isolate the posterior ligamentous complex of the sacroiliac for intra-individual and inter-individual (left/right side) and suggest that a fair generalization is that there is a distinct gender difference on any given day in the clinic with few exceptions. So isolating the hip of which the mid acetabulum is <3" from the mid SIJ, and shares same innervation versus isolating the SIJ has some yet undefined (published research) margin of error. 
The other tests need very cautious interpretation because they are also hip provocation tests. 
The one test that gets closer to the SIJ the sacral thrust is problematic in that it stresses the elements of at least the lowest lumbar segment also, perhaps primarily. 

Hip Int. 2013 Feb 12:0. doi: 10.5301/HIP.2013.10729. [Epub ahead of print] 
Symptomatic sacroiliac joint disease and radiographic evidence of femoroacetabular impingement.
Morgan PM, Anderson AW, Swiontkowski MF

 

Jerry Hesch

President Hesch Institute - Las Vegas Manual Therapy

The intra-articular injections that were described as the "gold-standard" are not gold standards and new light has been shed on the problem with some injections. So we ahve some tests, up to three that correlate with a positive response to an intra-articular injection. How long does the benefit last, how about repeat injection, what about issues as described by the authors below such as a rent in anterior capsule such that the lidocaine bathes that lumbosacral plexus, etc.

Murakami E, Tanaka Y, Aizawa T, Ishizuka M, Kokubun S.Effect of periarticular and intraarticular lidocaine injections for sacroiliac joint pain: prospective comparative study. J Orthop Sci. 2007 May;12(3):274-80. Epub 2007 May 31. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17530380

Borowsky, Claude D. Fagen, Glenn1 (2008). Sources of Sacroiliac Region Pain: Insights Gained From a Study Comparing Standard Intra-Articular Injection With a Technique Combining Intra- and Peri-Articular Injection. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Vol. 89 Issue 11, p2048 9p.

 

Jerry Hesch

President Hesch Institute - Las Vegas Manual Therapy

I respect pain and I respect the fact that it is many times as Gregory Grieve stated "A good policeman but a poor counselor." 
I find more biomechanical dysfunction in the lumbopelvic-hip complex than I do symptomatic and they can have wide reaching effects such as via the oculo-pelvic reflex. Complex topic that cannot get its due in a few posts. My workbook is at 277 pages right now. Many converging and especially many diverging opinions and very limited research. What do we do clinically... 
The MET/Osteopathic model the latter fully articulated in 1958 culling works from prior decades does get a significant reinterpretation. Also my work on symphyseal diastasis has a de novo interpretation per MRI's from the trauma literature. It does predict a need for a novel treatment approach, was presented at CSM 2014, AAOMPT 2013, IPPS 2011. (Hesch). 

What are your thoughts?

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    Married with 4 grown kids.  Earned my Doctorate at A.T. Still University in Tempe, AZ, MHS at the University of Indianapolis and my BS PT at University of New Mexico.  I enjoy working with my hands and particularly making glass objet d'art.

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