Reliability of computed tomography measurements of paraspinal muscle cross-sectional area and density in patients with chronic low back pain

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1455-1460

  Keller, Anne ^a   Gunderson, Ragnhild ^b   Reikerås, Olav ^b   Brox, Jens I ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Density; Muscle strength; Paraspinal muscle; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038692101     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200307010-00017     Document Type: Article

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