An investigation into the use of MR imaging to determine the functional cross sectional area of lumbar paraspinal muscles

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 764-773

  Ranson, Craig A ^a,d   Burnett, Angus F ^c   Kerslake, Robert ^b   Batt, Mark E ^b   O'Sullivan, Peter B ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle morphology

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FAT; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE SLICE; TISSUE TYPES; VALIDITY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745019843     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-0909-3     Document Type: Article

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