Surgeons should educate each other on the hip-spine connection

摘要

The belief that the spine moves independently of the pelvis and hip has been disproved in recent years asresearchers repeatedly identified important connections between the alignment of the spinal column and theposition of the pelvis. As a result, the treatment of patients with hip-spine pathology is now headed in a newdirection, according to orthopedic surgeons interviewed for this Cover Story.