Classification introduced from Postacchini and Massobrio [7] |
Type I: Coccyx curved slightly forward |
Type II: More markedly curved, with the coccyx pointing straight forward |
Type III: Sharply angled anteriorly |
Type IV: Subluxation of the sacrococcygeal or intercoccygeal joints |
Maigne et al. [2, 8, 9] introduced the use of dynamic X-rays, comparing standing and sitting radiographs |
Type I: Curving more than 25o
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Type II: Displaced or sublaxated posteriorly |
Type III: Immobile with a spicule in the dorsal surface of the last coccygeal segment. |