[Measurement of the lumbosacral angle and its clinical significance]

The author reports about the result of a series of investigations and tests concerning the angle of the L-S vertebral column. Different factors influencing the values of L-S angle are analyzed. The clinical importance of the respective angles is small, the statics of the L-S transition is determined by all angles together. The reduced L-S angle cannot be considered as an aetiological factor of the spondylolysthesis. The pathological angle values as well as the positions play a role in the induction of the discopathy