Multifidus morphology in persons scheduled for single-level lumbar microdiscectomy: Qualitative and quantitative assessment with anatomical correlates

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 355-361

  Kulig, Kornelia ^a   Scheid, Alison R ^b   Beauregard, Robin ^b   Popovich Jr , John M ^b   Beneck, George J ^b   Colletti, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Low back pain; Multifidus; Muscle asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS ASYMMETRY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 68049116955     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31819c506d     Document Type: Article

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