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sacroliac pain
Etiology:
- trauma
- sacroiliitis
Epidemiology:
- 16% to 30% of cases of chronic mechanical low back pain
Clinical manifestations:
- predominantly perceived in the gluteal region,
- referred pain including
- low back pain, groin pain, abdominal pain, leg pain
Management:
- physical therapy
- glucocorticoid injection
- cooled radiofrequency treatment of the lateral branches of S1 to S3
- radiofrequency procedures targeted at L5 dorsal ramus & lateral branches of S1 to S3 as an alternative
Related
sacroiliac joint
sacroiliitis
General
sacroliac disease
pain [odyn-]
References
- Vanelderen P1, Szadek K, Cohen SP et al
Sacroiliac joint pain.
Pain Pract. 2010 Sep-Oct;10(5):470-8
PMID: 20667026