Reliability of the Goutallier classification in quantifying muscle fatty degeneration in the lumbar multifidus using magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-197

  Battaglia, Patrick J ^a   Maeda, Yumi ^a,b   Welk, Aaron ^a   Hough, Brad ^a   Kettner, Norman ^a  

^a LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Low Back Pain; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Skeletal Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOUTALLIER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATTY DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INFECTION; SPINE TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BACK; CLASSIFICATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARASPINAL MUSCLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897988776     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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