ArticleProgress in rehabilitation medicine2020
Associations between Paraspinal Muscle Morphology, Disc Degeneration, and Clinical Features in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
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- Spinal degeneration is associated with lumbar multifidus morphology in secondary care patients with low back or leg pain.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Associations Between Trunk Muscle/Fat Composition, Narrowing Lumbar Disc Space, and Low Back Pain in Middle-Aged Farmers: A Cross-Sectional Study.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Analysis of the paraspinal muscle morphology of the lumbar spine using a convolutional neural network (CNN).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 · 2022Article
- The difference of paraspinal muscle between patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and normal middle-aged and elderly people, studying by propensity score matching.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Radiographic risk factors for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: A comparison with healthy control subjects.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between intervertebral disc degeneration in the lumbar spine, paraspinal muscle morphology, and clinical features in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
methodsA total of 52 patients with LSS participated in this study. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to assess intervertebral disc degeneration at L4/5 and to measure the standardized cross-sectional areas (SCSAs) of the multifidus and erector spinae muscles. The intensity of low back pain (LBP) and lower limb pain, the level of disability, and the quality of life (QoL) were evaluated using patient-reported outcome measures. The associations between the image findings and clinical features, including the disability score, the pain score for low back pain, and the QoL score, were calculated using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.
resultsNo associations were found between disc degeneration and clinical features. However, disc degeneration and the SCSA of the multifidus muscle (
conclusionsThese results suggest that there is some correlation between atrophy of the multifidus and pain intensity. Consequently, focusing on the CSA of the multifidus muscle may help to clarify the causes of LBP in patients with LSS. However, because of the cross-sectional nature of this study, causal relationships could not be determined and further research is needed.
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