MRI-based assessment paraspinal extensor muscle fatty infiltration in acute cervical spinal cord injury patients - a retrospective study
Patients with acute cervical SCI exhibit significantly higher fatty infiltration and a greater degree of paravertebral extensor muscle degeneration compared to healthy controls. This finding underscores the importance of the paravertebral extensor muscles in the context of cervical SCI and may guide future therapeutic strategies.
Authors
- Yang Liao
- Wanhan Su
- Xuping Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4149-0125)
- X D Wang
- Xiuming Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-1069)
- Wencheng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2423-2853)
- Yiqi Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3148-8101)
- Haichuan Lu
- Chunhui Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0518-3219)
Institutions
- Fujian Medical University (CN)
- Longyan University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-024-07808-0
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85