Muscle fibre size and type distribution in thoracic and lumbar regions of erector spinae in healthy subjects without low back pain: Normal values and sex differences

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-513

  Mannion, A F ^a,d   Dumas, G A ^b   Cooper, R G ^c   Espinosa, F J ^b   Faris, M W ^b   Stevenson, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Erector spinae muscles; Fibre typing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THORAX;

EID: 0030994422     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878296001914     Document Type: Article

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