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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2023

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of multifidus muscle metabolites in chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Limeng Sun, Hu Yan, Ye Zhang

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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, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Limeng SunDepartment of Radiology, The Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Taian, No. 58 Dongyue Street, Taian District, Taian, 271000, Shandong Province, China.
Hu YanDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Taian, No. 58 Dongyue Street, Taian District, Taian, 271000, Shandong Province, China. abcdyh@hotmail.com.
Ye ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Taian Maternal and Child Health Hospital, No. 386 Longtan Road, Gaoxin District, Taian, 27100, Shandong Province, China.
Taian City Central Hospital · CNTaiyuan Maternity and Child Care Hospital · CN

Funding

Tai 'an Science and technology innovation development project 2021NS229
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of the study was to investigate several potential imaging biomarkers of CLBP that may be useful for diagnosis and treatment efficacy evaluation. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (

methodsSixty patients with CLBP (experimental group) and sixty-nine asymptomatic volunteers (control group) underwent routine diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine.

resultsThere were no significant within-group differences in the contents and ratios of Lip, Cr, Cho, Lip/Cr, and Cho/Cr between the left and right Mm of the healthy control group (p > 0.05) or the CLBP group (p > 0.05). The CLBP group showed a much higher Lip and Lip/Cr ratio in the bilateral Mm compared to the healthy control group (p < 0.05) but there were no between-group differences in Cr, Cho, or the Cho/Cr ratio (p > 0.05). The severity of CLBP was correlated with Lip (p < 0.05).

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Low Back PainCholineCreatineHumansLumbar VertebraeMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyParaspinal MusclesCholineCreatineBiomarkersChronic low back painMagnetic resonance spectroscopy

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PMID37721604
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