Correlation between intervertebral disc degeneration, paraspinal muscle atrophy, and lumbar facet joints degeneration in patients with lumbar disc herniation

BACKGROUND: To assess the correlation between lumbar disc degeneration (LDD), multifidus muscle atrophy (LMA), and facet joints degeneration in patients with L4-L5 lumbar disc herniation (LDH). METHODS: Sixty patients with L4-L5 LDH diagnosed by a 1.5 T MRI scanner were enrolled in the study group a...

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Published in:BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Main Authors: Sun, Dong, Liu, Peng, Cheng, Jie, Ma, Zikun, Liu, Jingpei, Qin, Tingzheng
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399427/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427393
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1522-4
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