We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
What are the differences in paraspinal muscle morphometry among degenerative spondylolisthesis patients, isthmic spondylolisthesis patients, and healthy individuals? A propensity score matching analysis.
- Authors
Li, Xing-Bin; Wang, Lu; Deng, Qian; Wang, Bang; Wang, Zhao-Rui; Zhao, Chun-Ming; Li, Xiao-Jing; Huang, Ai-Bing
- Abstract
Purpose: To compare the morphometry of paraspinal muscles in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS), isthmic spondylolisthesis (IS), and healthy individuals. Methods: Thirty-seven pairs of DS patients were selected using propensity score matching with IS patients, while 37 healthy individuals matched for age, sex, and BMI were selected as controls. The relative cross-sectional area (rCSA), and relative functional cross-sectional area (rfCSA) of paraspinal muscles were measured, and the degree of fatty infiltration (FI) was calculated. Based on occupational differences, the patients were also divided into worker and farmer groups, and the same measurements were taken on them. Results: At the L3/L4 level, the multifidus (MF) FI was greater in the DS and IS groups than in the control group, the erector spinae (ES) rfCSA was higher in the IS group than in the DS and control groups. At the L4/L5 level, MF rfCSA was smaller in the DS and IS groups than in the control group; ES rfCSA was higher in the IS group than in the DS and control groups. At the L5/S1 level, MF rfCSA was smaller in the DS and IS groups than in the control group; ES rfCSA was higher in the IS group than in the DS group. At the L3/L4, L4/L5 level, MF rfCSA were higher in the worker group than in the farmer group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The morphological changes in paraspinal muscles in patients with DS were dominated by selective atrophy of the MF, while in patients with IS, the morphological changes in paraspinal muscle showed selective atrophy of the MF accompanied by compensatory hypertrophy of the ES. The surgeon should consider the morphological differences in paraspinal muscle between different types of lumbar spondylolisthesis when establishing the appropriate surgical program.
- Subjects
PROPENSITY score matching; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; ERECTOR spinae muscles; SUPRASPINATUS muscles; CONTROL groups; PSOAS muscles
- Publication
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2474
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12891-024-07532-9