CT imaging of trunk muscles in chronic low back pain patients and healthy control subjects

European Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 266-272

  Danneels, Lieven A ^a   Vanderstraeten, Gye G ^a   Cambier, Dirk C ^a   Witvrouw, Erik E ^a   De Cuyper, Hugo J ^b   Danneels, L ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Fat deposits; Lumbar multifidus; Paravertebral muscles; Psoas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE;

EID: 0033827015     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860000190     Document Type: Article

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