Morphological changes of the multifidus muscle in patients with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 710-714

  Franke, Jörg ^a   Hesse, Thomas ^a   Tournier, Clement ^a   Schuberth, Walter ^a   Mawrin, Christian ^b   LeHuec, Jean Carles ^a   Grasshoff, Henning ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Multifidus muscle; Myopathology; Tissue syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROGENIC TISSUE SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RADICULOPATHY;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 73249120321     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.SPINE08448     Document Type: Article

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