The Obscure Sacroiliac Joint Insights into anatomy, biomechanics, etiology and the treatment of mechanical dysfunction

This book summarises contemporary basic science understanding of sacroiliac joint anatomy, biomechanics, and disease with related changes in the joint. It provides great insight into emerging and promising therapeutic options. Combining established concepts and recent findings on the sacroiliac joint, together with research advances made over the last 25 years, this illustrated text will appeal to pain therapists, orthopedic practitioners, spine surgeons, sacroiliac joint surgeons, physiotherapists, and general practitioners.

Niels Hammer, MD, Dr. habil. Gottfried Schatz Research Center Division of Macroscopic and Clinical Anatomy Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria and Department of Orthopedic, Trauma, and Plastic Surgery University of Leipzig Leipzig, Germany and Division of Biomechatronics Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology Dresden, Germany

Julius Dengler, MD, Dr. habil. Department of Neurosurgery Helios Clinic and Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Campus Bad Saarow, Bad Saarow, Germany

Daisuke Kurosawa, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Japan Sacroiliac Joint and Low Back Pain Center. JCHO Sendai Hospital, Sendai, Japan

Amélie Poilliot, PhD, Anatomical Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Associate Professor Jennifer Saunders, MB BS, FACSEP Sydney School of Medicine University of Notre Dame Sydney, Australia

Jennifer Saunders, MBBS, PhD, FACSEP, Sydney School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Sydney, Australia

Britt Stuge, PT, PhD, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway