MRI of paraspinal muscles in lumbar degenerative kyphosis patients and control patients with chronic low back pain

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-486

  Kang, C H ^a   Shin, M J ^a   Kim, S M ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Lee, C S ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; LIPID STORAGE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 33947717022     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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