PALPABLE UNILATERAL SACRAL PROMINENCE AS A CLINICAL SIGN OF LOWER-LIMB ANISOMELIA - A PILOT-STUDY

Objective: To examine the role of oblique-axis sacral torsion in the p resence of true or apparent short leg. Design: Prospective blind trial of eighteen subjects. Setting: A suburban chiropractic practice, a ho spital and a university campus.Subjects: Of 33 subjects selected, 27 c ompleted the study, 8 exhibited elimination criteria, and 1 X-ray was nondiagnostic. Main Results: 3 x 3 contingency table showed the presen ce of unilateral sacral prominence as statistically significant (p > . 001) in subjects with LLI. The incidence of unilateral sacral prominen ce on the short leg side was also significant (p > .05). Weighted kapp a confirmed both (alpha > .001>. Conclusions: Oblique-axis sacral tors ion may play a role in intrapelvic adaptation to anisomelia of the low er limb; further examination of this prospect is warranted.