Correlation analysis between multifidus muscle atrophy and the severity of degenerative scoliosis retrospective, cross-sectional study

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 30133 - 15
• Main Authors: Yu, Jiangkai, Zhang, Cong, Zhou, Yan, Wang, Jing, Zhang, Youheng, Wang, Yuntao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.08.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: Aged; Atrophy; Back pain; Biomechanics; Bone Density; Bone mineral density; Correlation analysis; Correlation coefficient; Cross-Sectional Studies; Degenerative disease; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Low Back Pain; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Multifidus atrophy; Multifidus muscle; Muscular Atrophy - diagnostic imaging; Muscular Atrophy - pathology; Paraspinal Muscles - diagnostic imaging; Paraspinal Muscles - pathology; Patients; Population studies; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Scoliosis; Scoliosis - complications; Scoliosis - diagnostic imaging; Scoliosis - pathology; Severity of Illness Index; Software; Surgeons; Vertebrae; United States > US; Multifidus atrophy; Multifidus muscle; Degenerative disease; Scoliosis

Degenerative scoliosis (DS) is a significant health concern, affecting approximately 32–68% of the Chinese population aged 65 and above. This study aims to investigate the correlation between multifidus muscle atrophy and the severity of spinal curvature in DS patients, thereby providing evidence-ba...