Lumbar muscle volume in postmenopausal women with osteoporotic compression fractures: quantitative measurement using MRI.

Chi Wen C HuangIng-Jy TsengShao-Wei YangYen-Kuang LinYing Chin Lin

Published in: European radiology (2019)

• The risk of osteoporotic compression fractures is higher in older women with smaller paraspinal muscle volume. • Older women show smaller paraspinal muscle volume and more intramuscular fat compared to younger controls.

Keyphrases

postmenopausal women
bone mineral density
skeletal muscle
magnetic resonance imaging
minimally invasive
body composition
magnetic resonance
diffusion weighted imaging