ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2022
The effect of age on psoas and paraspinal muscle morphology in patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion surgery.
Article in 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, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to determine the effect of age on the psoas and posterior paraspinal muscles (PPM; multifidus muscle and erector spinae) and to evaluate potential sex-related differences.
methodsMRI-based quantitative assessments of the cross-sectional area (CSA), the functional cross-sectional area (fCSA), the fat area (FAT) and the proportion of intramuscular fat (FI) were conducted on patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery between 2014 and 2021. The regions of interest were the psoas muscle and the PPM at the superior endplate of L4. The left and right sides of the muscle groups were summarized and normalized by the patient's height (cm
resultsA total of 195 patients (57.9%female) with a median age of 64.2 years and a body mass index of 28.3 kg/m
conclusionThis study demonstrated sex-specific differences in spinal muscle morphology in relation to patient age. With increasing age there was a decrease in FI
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