ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020
Assessment of the association between paraspinal muscle degeneration and quality of life in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis.
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- Extent of fatty infiltration in lumbar paraspinal muscles in adults with degenerative scoliosis: segmental differences in muscle involvement.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Pooled it
- Development and validation of a CT-based predictive model for new vertebral compression fractures: the role of vertebral CT attenuation and paraspinal muscle.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Correlation analysis between multifidus muscle atrophy and the severity of degenerative scoliosis retrospective, cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Relationship between global muscle atrophy and sagittal imbalance in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a study based on three-dimensional reconstruction.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- Correlation and risk factor analysis of multifidus muscle atrophy in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Muscle fat infiltration: a narrative review of the magnetic resonance (MR)-based evaluation methods and their clinical applications.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Review
- Characteristic of Paraspinal Muscle Change in Coronal Sub-type of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis and its Potential Clinical Significance.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Relationship between paraspinal muscle morphology and function in different directions in a healthy Chinese population at different ages: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Advances in the interaction between lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and fat infiltration of paraspinal muscles: critical summarization, classification, and perspectives.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Uncovering the prominent role of satellite cells in paravertebral muscle development and aging by single-nucleus RNA sequencing.Genes & diseases · 2023Article
- Imaging study of the effect of postural changes on the retroperitoneal oblique corridor in degenerative lumbar scoliosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Article
- The Difference in Paraspinal Muscle Parameters and the Correlation with Health-Related Quality of Life among Healthy Individuals, Patients with Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Paraspinal Muscle Degeneration as an Independent Risk for Loss of Local Alignment in Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis Patients After Corrective Surgery.Global spine journal · 2023Article
- Assessment of quality of life, pain level and disability outcomes after lumbar discectomy.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Morphology of paraspinal muscles in frail and non-frail older adults evaluated through FRAIL scale.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- The association between morphological characteristics of paraspinal muscle and spinal disorders.Annals of medicine · 2023Review
- Characteristics of the paravertebral muscle in adult degenerative scoliosis with PI-LL match or mismatch and risk factors for PI-LL mismatch.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
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- Degenerative characteristics of multifidus at different vertebral levels of scoliosis in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis and relationship of these degenerative characteristics with surface electromyography activity.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Surface electromyography study on asymmetry in paravertebral muscle degeneration in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
The present study aimed to determine the characteristics of multifidus, erector spinae and psoas major degeneration in elderly patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) and the correlation between asymmetric changes and patient quality of life. A total of 49 patients with lumbar scoliosis (DLS group) and 38 healthy individuals (control group) were prospectively examined. The functional cross-sectional area, cross-sectional area difference index (CDI) and fat infiltration rate (FIR) of the multifidus, erector spinae and psoas major at the apical vertebral level were measured using MRI. The visual analogue scale (VAS) score, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) score were used to evaluate patient quality of life. Correlations between the degree of asymmetric muscular degeneration and quality of life were analysed. The CDI of the multifidus, erector spinal and psoas major was higher in the DLS group compared with that in the control group. The CDI of the multifidus was found to be positively associated with the Cobb angle of lumbar scoliosis. Similar results were obtained for fat infiltration between the two groups. In addition, the CDI and FIR difference index of the multifidus was positively correlated with the VAS score and ODI but negatively correlated with the SF-36 score. The quality of life significantly decreased with increasing asymmetric atrophy and fat infiltration in the multifidus. Thus, strategies to enhance the function of the multifidus may have a positive impact on quality of life (Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, registration date, 2018.11.12; registration no. ChiCTR1800019459.).
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