MRI-based assessment paraspinal extensor muscle fatty infiltration in acute cervical spinal cord injury patients - a retrospective study

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 702 - 7
• Main Authors: Liao, Yang, Lin, Xuping, Su, Wanhan, Wu, Xiuming, Wang, Xiaomen, Yang, Wencheng, Lu, Haichuan, Huang, Chunhui, Wu, Yiqi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.09.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Adipose Tissue - pathology; Adult; Aged; Back; Body fat; Body measurements; Case-Control Studies; Cervical; Cervical extensor; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Cervical Vertebrae - pathology; Complications and side effects; Cross-sectional studies; Degeneration, Fatty; Diagnosis; Emergency medical care; Fat infiltration; Female; Females; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Males; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Muscles; Paraspinal Muscles - diagnostic imaging; Paraspinal Muscles - pathology; Patients; Retrospective Studies; Sex differences; Software; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal Cord Injuries - diagnostic imaging; Spinal Cord Injuries - pathology; Spine; Spine (cervical); Statistical analysis; Vertebrae; Asia; China; Paraspinal muscle; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine; Cervical; Fat infiltration; Cervical extensor; Spinal cord injuries; Cross-sectional

The effect of fat infiltration in the paraspinal muscles on cervical degenerative disease has been confirmed by multiple studies. However, little is known about fat infiltration in the paraspinal extensors in patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). This study aimed to investigate the...