Focal atrophy of the multifidus muscle in lumbosacral radiculopathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1350-1353

  Campbell, William W ^a   Vasconcelos, Olavo ^a   Laine, Fred J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Multifidus muscle; Muscle atrophy; Paraspinal muscle; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031783892     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1350::AID-MUS21>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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