The relationship between paraspinal muscle atrophy and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis at the L4/5 level.
Paul KöhliLukas SchönnagelJan HambrechtJiaqi ZhuErika ChiapparelliAli E GüvenGisberto EvangelistiKrizia AmorosoRoland DuculanBernhard MichalskiJennifer ShueKoki TsuchiyaMarco D BurkhardAndrew A SamaFederico P GirardiFrank P CammisaCarol A MancusoAlexander P HughesPublished in: The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society (2024)
This study found a significant association between paraspinal muscle status and severity of slippage in DLS. Whereas higher degeneration of the ES and MF correlate with a higher degree of slippage, the opposite was found for the psoas. These findings suggest that progressive muscular imbalance between posterior and anterior paraspinal muscles could contribute to the progression of slippage in DLS.