Asymmetric atrophy of multifidus muscle in patients with unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Hyun, Jung Keun ^a   Lee, Jee Young ^a   Lee, Seong Jae ^a   Jeon, Jae Yong ^a  

^a Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Multifidus muscle; Quantitative assessment; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM;

EID: 34848830117     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318155837b     Document Type: Article

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