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 …

Methods: Data were gathered from 149 middle-aged degenerative spondylolisthesis
patients and same amount of age-and sex-matched control group with both lumber spine …

PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the prevalence of lumbar multifidus muscle (LMM)
atrophy in patients having mechanical low back pain with and without disc hernia …

Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common spinal degenerative disorders which may
lead to low back pain (LBP) and radicular leg pain. However, it remains difficult to diagnose …

Although degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) and lumber disc herniation (LDH) are
common causes of back pain, the associations between the lumbar facet joint angle …

Purpose To investigate asymmetry in size and composition of the multifidus and erector
spinae in patients with posterolateral disc herniation and concordant radicular symptoms …

Study design A retrospective study. Objective To evaluate the different degeneration
patterns of paraspinal muscles in degenerative lumbar diseases and their correlation with …

Study Design. The histochemical changes in the multifidus muscle in 29 patients with L4–L5
lumbar intervertebral disc herniation were studied. Objectives. To clarify how nerve root …

Study Design. Prospective case-control study of multifidus muscle atrophy in 39 patients with
unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy and lumbosacral disc herniation and 20 controls …

Study Design. This comparative study was conducted on 19 patients (13 men and 6 women)
with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). The histologic and histochemical differences and …