TraumaCad calculates which tilt of a patient?

• A. Pelvic tilt
• B. Spinal tilt
• C. Spinopelvic tilt
• D. Hip tilt

Answer: (C)

Spinopelvic tilt describes how the spine sits on the pelvis, capturing both how the pelvis tilts and how the spine aligns above it in the sagittal plane. TraumaCad uses this integrated measure to assess the overall sagittal balance of a patient, because the spine and pelvis influence each other when maintaining posture or after trauma. This tilt reflects the relationship between spinal alignment and pelvic orientation, revealing compensatory changes that a person might adopt to stay balanced. It’s different from pelvic tilt alone (which looks only at pelvis angle) or spinal tilt alone (which would focus on the spine in isolation), and it isn’t about the hip joint itself. Therefore, the tilt TraumaCad calculates is spinopelvic tilt.