Substantial asymmetry in paraspinal muscle cross-sectional area in healthy adults questions its value as a marker of low back pain and pathology

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2152-2157

  Niemeläinen, Riikka ^a   Briand, Marie Michèle ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

asymmetry; asymptomatic; low back pain; MR imaging; multifi dus; paraspinal muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 81855166644     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318204b05a     Document Type: Article

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