Increased intramuscular fatty infiltration without differences in lumbar muscle cross-sectional area during remission of unilateral recurrent low back pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 584-588

  D'Hooge, Roseline ^a   Cagnie, Barbara ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a   Vanderstraeten, Guy ^a   Dolphens, Mieke ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle atrophy; Recurrent low back pain; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR FATTY INFILTRATION; JOINT STABILITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR MUSCLE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FAT INDEX; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL;

EID: 84867633326     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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