Open AccessDoes lumbar paraspinal muscles improve after corrective fusion surgery in degenerative flat black?
Author(s) -
Jung Hwan Lee,
Sang-Ho Lee
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.201713
Subject(s) - medicine , atrophy , magnetic resonance imaging , lumbar , sagittal plane , radiography , nuclear medicine , muscle atrophy , surgery , radiology , orthodontics
Degenerative flat back (DFB) is characterized by sagittal imbalance resulting from the loss of lumbar lordosis (LL). Extensive degeneration and weakness of lumbar paraspinal extensor muscle (PSE) are thought to be the main cause of DFB. This study is to evaluate correlation between preoperative PSE conditions and angular severity of DFB and to evaluate correlation between preoperative PSE conditions and degree of improvement of DFB obtained by corrective surgery.