The importance of psoas muscle on low back pain: a single-center study on lumbar spine MRI

The importance of psoas muscle on low back pain: a single-center study on lumbar spine MRI

ABSTRACT: Background: Low back pain (LBP) is the most frequent indication to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations of the lumbosacral spine. The individual role of soft tissues, including muscles, on LBP is not fully understood and the contribution of each MRI-derived parameter of soft tiss...

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Main Authors: Carlo A. Mallio, Fabrizio Russo, Gianluca Vadalà, Rocco Papalia, Matteo Pileri, Valeria Mancuso, Caterina Bernetti, Manuel Volpecina, Gianfranco Di Gennaro, Bruno Beomonte Zobel, Vincenzo Denaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:North American Spine Society Journal
Subjects:
Low back pain
MRI imaging
Muscle cross sectional area (csa)
Intramuscular fat infiltration
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Spine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548424000192

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