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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Revista Chilena de Ortopedia y Traumatología 2021; 62(02): e143-e152
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1728741
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Sacroiliac Joint Pain: An Updated Review of the Clinical Approach for Diagnosis

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Enrique Blanco 
1   Estudiante de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
,
Sebastián Frías
2   Residente Traumatología y Ortopedia, Clínica Universidad de los Andes, Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
,
Facundo Álvarez
3   Fellow de Columna, Clínica Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
,
José Fleiderman
4   Centro de columna, Traumatología y Ortopedia, Clínica Universidad de los Andes, Hospital del Trabajador. Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
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Abstract

Sacroiliac pain accounts for 15% to 30% of low back pain conditions. Its diagnosis is a challenge for the physician due to its complex anatomy, the wide differential diagnoses list, and its several causes. Diagnosis requires a structured clinical history and an accurate physical examination. Specific sacroiliac physical examination tests should be performed in patients with suspected sacroiliac joint pain and interpreted together, not in isolation. Magnetic resonance imaging can rule out other causes of low back pain or diagnose inflammatory sacroiliitis. Joint infiltration is the gold standard for diagnosis, and it should be performed in patients with a high suspicion of sacroiliac joint pain based on anamnesis, physical examination, and three or more positive specific sacroiliac tests.

Keywords

sacroiliac pain - physical examination - differential diagnosis - low back pain


Publication History

Received: 02 September 2020

Accepted: 21 January 2021

Article published online:
22 June 2021

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