Rate of lumbar paravertebral muscle fat infiltration versus spinal degeneration in asymptomatic populations: an age-aggregated cross-sectional simulation study.

Background: The spinal column including its vertebrae and disks has been well examined and extensively reported in relation to age-aggregated degeneration. In contrast, paravertebral muscles are poorly represented in describing normative degeneration. Increasing evidence points to the importance of...

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Main Authors: Crawford, R., Volken, T., Valentin, S., Melloh, Markus, Elliott, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54957