KINESIOLOGY

Lesson 10

Pelvic Tilt

M Farrukh Shahzad
BSPT, PPDPT

Review
The pelvic tilt
Muscles involved in pelvic tilting
Anterior Pelvic Tilt
Posterior Pelvic Tilt
Posterior and anterior tilt
Lateral tilting
Pelvic Rotation
Pelvic tilt measurement
Maintenance of normal angle
Pelvis Positions

The Pelvic Tilt

pelvictiltistheorientationofthepelvisin

respecttothefemursitrestsupon

It may be inclined or tilt in an anterior,

posterior, lateral direction or rotated

Any deviation in the inclination of pelvis is

called pelvic tilt.

Muscles involved in pelvic tilting

Abdominals
o Rectus abdominous
o External oblique
o Internal oblique
o Transverses abdominus

Hip abductors
o Gluteus medius
o Gluteus minimus

Extensor of hip
o Gluteus maximus

Extensor of spine
Flexors of hip
Illiopsoas

Lumber side flexors

Quadratus lamborum

Anterior Pelvic Tilt

Anterior/forward tilting:

Rotation of pelvis in the sagittal plane about a

frontal horizontal axis in such a way that the
symphysis pubis turns downward and
posterior surface of sacrum turns upward.
This particular movements produced by hip
flexor and spine lumber extensor.

Posterior Pelvic tilt

Rotation of pelvis in the sagittal plane about

frontal horizontal axis on the femoral heads in

such a way that symphysis pubis turns
upwards and posterior surface of sacrum turns
downward.
This movement is produced by hip extensor
and straight abdominal muscles.

Posterior and anterior tilt

Lateral tilting
Tilting of pelvis in frontal plane about the

sagittal axis over one of the femoral head in

such a way that one iliac crest is lowered and
the other one is raised

Lateral Pelvic tilt

Pelvic Rotation
Rotation of pelvis in horizontal plane about

vertical axis
Movement is named in term of direction
towards which pelvis is turned

How to measure pelvic tilt

It can be measured by two ways
1. It could be measured by drawing imaginary
line through symphysis pubis and lumbosacral angle, which lies in relation to the
horizontal line can be measured.
2. Pelvic tilt is said to be normal if this angle
lies b/w 50 and 60 degree.

Pelvic tilt measurement

Pelvic inclinometer:
In this particular method one arm of the meter
is placed on symphysis pubis and the other is
place over posterior superior iliac spine.
Pelvic tilt is normal if this lies over 30 degree.

Maintenance of normal angle

The angel of pelvic tilt in standing is stabilized

either by the tension of the structures which lie

anterior to the hip joint which prevent the
angle from being reduced and the action of the
abdominals and hip extensors which prevent it
from being increased