Elisabeth Klupp, Barbara Cervantes, Sarah Schlaeger, Stephanie Inhuber, Florian Kreuzpointer, Ansgar Schwirtz, Alexander Rohrmeier, Michael Dieckmeyer, Dennis M Hedderich, Maximilian N Diefenbach, Friedemann Freitag, Ernst J Rummeny, Claus Zimmer, Jan S Kirschke, Dimitrios C Karampinos, Thomas Baum
BACKGROUND: The paraspinal muscles play an important role in the onset and progression of lower back pain. It would be of clinical interest to identify imaging biomarkers of the paraspinal musculature that are related to muscle function and strength. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) enables the microstructural examination of muscle tissue and its pathological changes. PURPOSE: To investigate associations of DTI parameters of the lumbar paraspinal muscles with isometric strength measurements in healthy volunteers...
February 5, 2019: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: JMRI