A novel MRI index for paraspinal muscle fatty infiltration: reliability and relation to pain and disability in lumbar spinal stenosis: results from a multicentre study.

Hasan BanitalebiJørn AaenKjersti StorheimAnne NegårdTor Åge MyklebustMargreth GrotleChristian HellumAnsgar EspelandMasoud AnvarKari IndrekvamClemens WeberJens Ivar BroxHelena BrisbyErland Hermansen

Published in: European radiology experimental (2022)

The proposed MFI demonstrated high observer reliability but was not associated with preoperative pain or disability.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
multiple sclerosis
neuropathic pain
magnetic resonance imaging
skeletal muscle
contrast enhanced
computed tomography
spinal cord
diffusion weighted imaging