Fear-avoidance beliefs are associated with a high fat content in the erector spinae: a 1.5 tesla magnetic resonance imaging study.

Evert O WesselinkEdwin de RaaijPhilip PevenageNick van der KaayJan Pool

Published in: Chiropractic & manual therapies (2019)

Fear-avoidance beliefs are moderately associated with ES IMAT and poorly associated with LMM IMAT in a population with CLBP. Results should be interpreted with caution due to a small and selected study population.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
pain management
ultrasound guided
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
chronic pain
contrast enhanced