Quantitative analysis of back muscle degeneration in the patients with the degenerative lumbar flat back using a digital image analysis: Comparison with the normal controls

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-325

  Lee, Jae Chul ^a   Cha, Jang Gyu ^a   Kim, Yongdai ^b   Kim, Yon Il ^a   Shin, Byung Joon ^a,c  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Back muscle; Degeneration; Degenerative flat back; Digital image analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LIPID STORAGE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 40049096158     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318162458f     Document Type: Article

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