Correlation between the MRI changes in the lumbar multifidus muscles and leg pain

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-149

  Kader, D F ^a   Wardlaw, D ^a   Smith, F W ^a  

^a WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Multifidus muscle; Paraspinal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034526147     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.1999.0340     Document Type: Article

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