The Correlation Between Paraspinal Muscular Morphology, Spinopelvic Parameters, and Back Pain: A Comparative Cohort Study

E Giordan, G Drago, R Zanata, E Marton… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ijssurgery.com
Background The relationship between paraspinal muscle degeneration and low back pain
(LBP), disability, and structural changes has been investigated in the literature, but it is still a …

Paraspinal muscle cross-sectional area predicts low back disability but not pain intensity

TA Ranger, FM Cicuttini, TS Jensen, S Heritier… - The Spine Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT The lumbar paraspinal muscles, including the
erector spinae and multifidus, play an important role in movement and control of the spine …

Rate of lumbar paravertebral muscle fat infiltration versus spinal degeneration in asymptomatic populations: an age-aggregated cross-sectional simulation study

RJ Crawford, T Volken, S Valentin, M Melloh… - Scoliosis and spinal …, 2016 - Springer
Background The spinal column including its vertebrae and disks has been well examined
and extensively reported in relation to age-aggregated degeneration. In contrast …

Lumbar paraspinal muscle fat infiltration is independently associated with sex, age, and inter-vertebral disc degeneration in symptomatic patients

J Urrutia, P Besa, D Lobos, M Campos, C Arrieta… - Skeletal radiology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To determine the association of paraspinal muscles and psoas relative cross-
sectional area (RCSA) and fat signal fraction (FSF) with sex, age, and intervertebral disc …

[BOOK][B] Paraspinal muscle morphology, composition and asymmetries: determinants and relation to low back pain and pathology

M Fortin - 2013 - search.proquest.com
Background The lumbar paraspinal muscles are critical to provide spine stability, maintain
proper posture and assist trunk movement. Although considerable attention has been …

Relationships between paraspinal muscle morphology and neurocompressive conditions of the lumbar spine: a systematic review with meta-analysis

JR Cooley, BF Walker, E M. Ardakani, P Kjaer… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2018 - Springer
Background Individual study results have demonstrated unclear relationships between
neurocompressive disorders and paraspinal muscle morphology. This systematic review …

Fat infiltration of paraspinal muscles is associated with low back pain, disability, and structural abnormalities in community-based adults

AJ Teichtahl, DM Urquhart, Y Wang, AE Wluka… - The Spine Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Background context Low back pain and disability are major public health problems and may
be related to paraspinal muscle abnormalities, such as a reduction in muscle size and …

Do muscle characteristics on lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography predict future low back pain, physical function, or performance? A …

P Suri, AL Fry, AC Gellhorn - PM&R, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To determine whether lumbar muscle characteristics on magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) can inform clinicians as to the course of future …

[HTML][HTML] The association between imaging parameters of the paraspinal muscles, spinal degeneration, and low back pain

L Kalichman, E Carmeli, E Been - BioMed research international, 2017 - hindawi.com
This narrative review investigated imaging parameters of the paraspinal muscles and their
association with spinal degenerative features and low back pain (LBP) found in the …

Manually defining regions of interest when quantifying paravertebral muscles fatty infiltration from axial magnetic resonance imaging: a proposed method for the …

RJ Crawford, J Cornwall, R Abbott, JM Elliott - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2017 - Springer
Background There is increasing interest in paravertebral muscle composition as a potential
prognostic and diagnostic element in lumbar spine health. As a consequence, it is becoming …