Coccygeal movement: Assessment with dynamic MRI

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-479

  Grassi, Roberto ^a   Lombardi, Giulio ^a   Reginelli, Alfonso ^a   Capasso, Francesco ^a   Romano, Francesco ^a   Floriani, Irene ^b   Colacurci, Nicola ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coccygodynia; Coccyx; Coccyx movement; Defecography; Dynamic studies; MR functional imaging; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

COCCYGODYNIA; COCCYX MOVEMENTS; DEFECOGRAPHY; MR FUNCTIONAL IMAGING;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCYGEAL BONE; COCCYGODYNIA; DEFECATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCCYX; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PARITY; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33847015972     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.07.029     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Saluja P.G. The incidence of ossification of the sacrococcygeal joint. J Anat 156 (1988) 11-15
2. Fielding J.R., Versi E., Mulkern R.V., Lerner M.H., Griffiths D.J., and Jolesz F.A. MR imaging of the female pelvic floor in the supine and upright positions. J Magn Reson Imaging 6 (1996) 961-963
3. Maigne J.Y., and Tamalet B. Standardized radiologic protocol for the study of common coccygodynia and characteristics of the lesions observed in the sitting position. Clinical elements differentiating luxation, hypermobility, and normal mobility. Spine 21 (1996) 2588-2593
4. Maigne J.Y., Lagauche D., and Doursounian L. Instability of the coccyx in coccydynia. J Bone Joint Surg Br 82 (2000) 1038-1041
5. Maigne J.Y., Doursounian L., and Chatellier G. Causes and mechanism of common coccydynia: Role of body mass index and coccygeal trauma. Spine 25 (2000) 3072-3079
6. Handa V.L., Pannu H.K., Siddique S., Gutmann R., Van Rooyen J., and Cundiff G. Architectural difference in the bony pelvis of women with and without pelvic floor disorders. Obstet Gynecol 102 (2003) 1283-1290
7. Bo K., Lilleas F., Talseth T., and Hedland H. Dynamic MRI of the pelvic floor muscles in an upright sitting position. Neurourol Urodyn 20 (2001) 167-174
8. Postacchini F., and Massobrio M. Idiopathic coccygodynia. Analysis of fifty-one operative cases and a radiographic study of the normal coccyx. J Bone Joint Surg Am 65 (1983) 1116-1124
9. Singh K., Reid W.M.N., and Berger L.A. Assessment and grading of pelvic organ prolapse by use of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Obstet Gynecol 185 (2001) 71-77
10. Singh K., Jakab M., Reid W.M., Berger L.A., and Hoyte L. Three - dimensional magnetic resonance imaging assessment of levator ani morphologic features in different grades of prolapse. Am J Obstet Gynecol 188 (2003) 910-915
11. Kim N.H., and Suk K.S. Clinical and radiological differences between traumatic and idiopathic coccycodynia. Yonsei Med J 40 (1999) 215-220
12. Gousse A.E., Barbaric Z.L., Safir M.H., Madjar S., Marumoto K., and Raz S. Dynamic half-Fourier acquisition, single shot turbo spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating the female pelvis. J Urol 164 (2000) 1606-1613
13. Yang A., Mostwin J.L., Rosenshein N.B., and Zerhouni E.A. Pelvic floor descent in women: dynamic evaluation with fast MR imaging and cinematic display. Radiology 179 (1991) 25-33