BMC medical imaging
Association between lumbar disc degeneration at L4-L5 level and atrophy of paraspinal muscles and gluteus medius: a cross-sectional study using 3T quantitative magnetic resonance imaging.
Qun Wen, Jiaoyan Wang, Guang Tan, Yanwen Huang, Hui Wang, Xiaoqing Ding, Kaoqiang Liu, Yujie Zhang, Wenli Tan
Published: 202510.1186/s12880-025-02121-1
Abstract
PURPOSE: To explore alterations and correlations of multifidus (MF), erector spinae (ES), psoas major (PM), and gluteus medius (Gmed) in intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) using multi-echo Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based water-fat separat…
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