CT measurement of trunk muscle areas in patients with chronic low back pain

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 144-148

  Kamaz, Müzeyyen ^a   Kireşi, Demet ^a   Oǧuz, Hasan ^a   Emlik, Dilek ^a   Levendoǧlu, Funda ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Back pain; Computed tomography; Cross sectional area measurement; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSOAS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548431095     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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