Reference values for MRI-derived psoas and paraspinal muscles and macroscopic fat infiltrations in paraspinal muscles in children.

Kacper Marunowski Dominik ŚwiętońWłodzimierz BzylMalgorzata Grzywinska Piotr BandoszDmitry KhrichenkoMaciej Piskunowicz

Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2022)

Our findings demonstrate novel and highly reproducible sex-specific MRI-derived reference values of tPMS, tPSMA, and tMFI at the level of the L4/L5 intervertebral disc for children from 1 to 18 years old, which may guide a clinician in the assessment of sarcopenia, a prognostic outcome marker in children.

Keyphrases

young adults
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
adipose tissue
computed tomography
skeletal muscle
magnetic resonance