ArticleFrontiers in surgery2022
Radiographic risk factors for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: A comparison with healthy control subjects.
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- Systematic Review of Paraspinal Muscle Changes in Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: MRI and CT Insights.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Analysis of the association between lumbar paraspinal muscle atrophy, facet joint degeneration, and degenerative lumbar scoliosis.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Correlation analysis between multifidus muscle atrophy and the severity of degenerative scoliosis retrospective, cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Correlation and risk factor analysis of multifidus muscle atrophy in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Erector spinae could be the game changer in surgical decision-making in patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis: a cross-sectional analysis of an age-, sex-, subtype-, level-matched patients with similar spinopelvic parameters received surgical or conservative management.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 · 2024Article
- Can magnetic resonance imaging findings effectively diagnose the instability observed on radiographs in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis?Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Novel Modic grading scoring system and its clinical validation: a preliminary investigation.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 · 2024Article
- Comparison of sagittal spinal alignment on standing plain x-rays and supine MRI in degenerative lumbar disease.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- The association between morphological characteristics of paraspinal muscle and spinal disorders.Annals of medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the radiologic parameters of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) and determine the radiographic risk factors for DLS by making comparisons with healthy control subjects. Methods: Seventy-five patients with L4/5 DLS (Meyerding grade I) and 53 healthy control subjects were analyzed. The L1-S1 disc height index (DHI), L4/5 facet joint angle (FJA), and relative cross-sectional area (RCSA) of paravertebral muscles were measured in both groups. The initial L4/5 DHI (iDHI) before the onset of DLS were estimated based on the L3/4 DHI of the DLS group and DHI of the control group. The sagittal parameters of DLS were also included in this study. Results: The DHI of L4/5 was lower in the DLS group than in the control group ( Conclusion: A large initial lumbar disc height, large FJA, and paravertebral muscle atrophy may be risk factors for DLS.
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