Substantial asymmetry in paraspinal muscle cross-sectional area in healthy adults questions its value as a marker of low back pain and pathology

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 36; no. 25; p. 2152
• Main Authors: Niemeläinen, Riikka, Briand, Marie-Michèle, Battié, Michele C
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier 01.12.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Asymmetry; Asymptomatic; Cross-Sectional Studies; Human health sciences; Humans; Low Back Pain; Low Back Pain - diagnosis; Low Back Pain - etiology; Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; MR Imaging; Multifidus; Muscle, Skeletal - pathology; Muscular Atrophy - complications; Muscular Atrophy - pathology; Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine; Orthopédie, rééducation & médecine sportive; Paraspinal Muscles; Prognosis; Sciences de la santé humaine

A cross-sectional population-based study of paraspinal muscle asymmetry. To examine level- and side-to-side differences in paraspinal muscle areas on magnetic resonance images in a population-based sample of middle aged men without low back pain (LBP). Level- and side-specific multifidus muscle atro...