Lumbar muscularity and its relationship with age, occupation and low back pain
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Zustand der Lendenmuskulatur und seine Beziehung zu Alter, Beschäftigung und Rückenschmerz |
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| Autor: | Savage, R.A.; Millerchip, R.; Whitehouse, G.H.; Edwards, R.H.T. |
| Erschienen in: | European journal of applied physiology |
| Veröffentlicht: | 63 (1991), 3/4, S. 265-268, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 1439-6319, 0301-5548 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF00233859 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199111051724 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
This paper considers an internal standard of lumbar muscularity. The cross-sectional areas (Acs) of the intervertebral disc and paraspinal muscles were measured in 147 working men from an axial magnetic resonance image passing through the L3-4 disc. Lumbar muscularity was expressed by two ratios; the ratio between the Acs of the right psoas and the Acs of the intervertebral disc (P:disc), and the ratio between the combined Acs values of the right erector spinae and quadratus lumborum and the Acs of the disc (ESQL:disc). When the subjects were divided into two age groups (76 aged 20-30 years and 71 aged 31-58 years) lumbar muscularity was found to be significantly greater (P<0.001) in the younger age group (P:disc=0.8, SD 0.2; ESQL:disc=2.0, SD 0.3) than in the older age group (P:disc=0.7; SD 0.2; ESQL:disc=1.8, SD 0.3). Lumbar muscularity was not significantly affected by occupation or by a history of low back pain.