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Xiong Y, Zhang C, Chen X, Wu L, Liang S, Zhang Y, Huang J, Guo W, Zeng X, Xu F. Prediction of Subsequent Vertebral Fracture After Acute Osteoporotic Fractures from Clinical and Paraspinal Muscle Features. Calcif Tissue Int 2024; 114:614-624. [PMID: 38714533 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-024-01209-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/10/2024]
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To construct a nomogram based on clinical factors and paraspinal muscle features to predict vertebral fractures occurring after acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). We retrospectively enrolled 307 patients with acute OVCF between January 2013 and August 2022, and performed magnetic resonance imaging of the L3/4 and L4/5 intervertebral discs (IVDs) to estimate the cross-sectional area (CSA) and degree of fatty infiltration (FI) of the paraspinal muscles. We also collected clinical and radiographic data. We used univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models to identify factors that should be included in the predictive nomogram. Post-OVCF vertebral fracture occurred within 3, 12, and 24 months in 33, 69, and 98 out of the 307 patients (10.8%, 22.5%, and 31.9%, respectively). Multivariate analysis revealed that this event was associated with percutaneous vertebroplasty treatment, higher FI at the L3/4 IVD levels of the psoas muscle, and lower relative CSA of functional muscle at the L4/5 IVD levels of the multifidus muscle. Area under the curve values for subsequent vertebral fracture at 3, 12, and 24 months were 0.711, 0.724, and 0.737, respectively, indicating remarkable accuracy of the nomogram. We developed a model for predicting post-OVCF vertebral fracture from diagnostic information about prescribed treatment, FI at the L3/4 IVD levels of the psoas muscle, and relative CSA of functional muscle at the L4/5 IVD levels of the multifidus muscle. This model could facilitate personalized predictions and preventive strategies.
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- Yuchao Xiong
- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital (Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital of Jinan University), Guangzhou, China.
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Caffard T, Medina SJ, Arzani A, Chiapparelli E, Schönnagel L, Tani S, Camino-Willhuber G, Zhu J, Dalton D, Zippelius T, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Hughes AP. Association patterns between lumbar paraspinal muscles and sagittal malalignment in preoperative patients undergoing lumbar three-column osteotomy. Spine Deform 2024; 12:801-809. [PMID: 38472693 DOI: 10.1007/s43390-024-00828-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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PURPOSE We aim to investigate the associations between lumbar paraspinal muscles and sagittal malalignment in patients undergoing lumbar three-column osteotomy. METHODS Patients undergoing three-column osteotomy between 2016 and 2021 with preoperative lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and whole spine radiographs in the standing position were included. Muscle measurements were obtained using a validated custom software for segmentation and muscle evaluation to calculate the functional cross-sectional area (fCSA) and percent fat infiltration (FI) of the m. psoas major (PM) as well as the m. erector spinae (ES) and m. multifidus (MM). Spinopelvic measurements included pelvic incidence (PI), sacral slope (SS), pelvic tilt (PT), L1-S1 lordosis (LL), T4-12 thoracic kyphosis (TK), spino-sacral angle (SSA), C7-S1 sagittal vertical axis (SVA), T1 pelvic angle (TPA) and PI-LL mismatch (PI - LL). Statistics were performed using multivariable linear regressions adjusted for age, sex, and body mass index (BMI). RESULTS A total of 77 patients (n = 40 female, median age 64 years, median BMI 27.9 kg/m2) were analyzed. After adjusting for age, sex and BMI, regression analyses demonstrated that a greater fCSA of the ES was significantly associated with greater SS and SSA. Moreover, our results showed a significant correlation between a greater FI of the ES and a greater kyphosis of TK. CONCLUSION This study included a large patient cohort with sagittal alignment undergoing three-column osteotomy and is the first to demonstrate significant associations between the lumbar paraspinal muscle parameters and global sagittal alignment. Our findings emphasize the importance of the lumbar paraspinal muscles in sagittal malalignment.
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- Thomas Caffard
- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Biostatistics Core, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
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Yang JC, Chen JY, Ding Y, Yin YJ, Huang ZP, Wu XH, Huang ZC, Li YK, Zhu QA. A Retrospective Study of the Effect of Spinopelvic Parameters on Fatty Infiltration in Paraspinal Muscles in Patients With Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. Neurospine 2024; 21:223-230. [PMID: 38317553 PMCID: PMC10992648 DOI: 10.14245/ns.2347136.568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE The effect on fat infiltration (FI) of paraspinal muscles in degenerative lumbar spinal diseases has been demonstrated except for spinopelvic parameters. The present study is to identify the effect of spinopelvic parameters on FI of paraspinal muscle (PSM) and psoas major muscle (PMM) in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. METHODS A single-center, retrospective cross-sectional study of 160 patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) and lumbar stenosis (LSS) who had lateral full-spine x-ray and lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging was conducted. PSM and PMM FIs were defined as the ratio of fat to its muscle cross-sectional area. The FIs were compared among patients with different pelvic tilt (PT) and pelvic incidence (PI), respectively. RESULTS The PSM FI correlated significantly with pelvic parameters in DLS patients, but not in LSS patients. The PSM FI in pelvic retroversion (PT > 25°) was 0.54 ± 0.13, which was significantly higher in DLS patients than in normal pelvis (0.41 ± 0.14) and pelvic anteversion (PT < 5°) (0.34 ± 0.12). The PSM FI of DLS patients with large PI ( > 60°) was 0.50 ± 0.13, which was higher than those with small ( < 45°) and normal PI (0.37 ± 0.11 and 0.36 ± 0.13). However, the PSM FI of LSS patients didn't change significantly with PT or PI. Moreover, the PMM FI was about 0.10-0.15, which was significantly lower than the PSM FI, and changed with PT and PI in a similar way of PSM FI with much less in magnitude. CONCLUSION FI of the PSMs increased with greater pelvic retroversion or larger pelvic incidence in DLS patients, but not in LSS patients.
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- Jia-Chen Yang
- Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Changzhou People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second People’s Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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- Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Vitale J, Sconfienza LM, Galbusera F. Cross-sectional area and fat infiltration of the lumbar spine muscles in patients with back disorders: a deep learning-based big data analysis. Eur Spine J 2024; 33:1-10. [PMID: 37875679 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-07982-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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PURPOSE Validated deep learning models represent a valuable option to perform large-scale research studies aiming to evaluate muscle quality and quantity of paravertebral lumbar muscles at the population level. This study aimed to assess lumbar spine muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and fat infiltration (FI) in a large cohort of subjects with back disorders through a validated deep learning model. METHODS T2 axial MRI images of 4434 patients (n = 2609 females, n = 1825 males; mean age: 56.7 ± 16.8) with back disorders, such as fracture, spine surgery or herniation, were retrospectively collected from a clinical database and automatically segmented. CSA, expressed as the ratio between total muscle area (TMA) and the vertebral body area (VBA), and FI, in percentages, of psoas major, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae, and multifidus were analyzed as primary outcomes. RESULTS Male subjects had significantly higher CSA (6.8 ± 1.7 vs. 5.9 ± 1.5 TMA/VBA; p < 0.001) and lower FI (21.9 ± 8.3% vs. 15.0 ± 7.3%; p < 0.001) than females. Multifidus had more FI (27.2 ± 10.6%; p < 0.001) than erector spinae (22.2 ± 9.7%), quadratus lumborum (17.5 ± 7.0%) and psoas (13.7 ± 5.8%) whereas CSA was higher in erector spinae than other lumbar muscles. A high positive correlation between age and total FI was detected (rs = 0.73; p < 0.001) whereas a negligible negative correlation between total CSA and age was observed (rs = - 0.24; p < 0.001). Subjects with fractures had lower CSA and higher FI compared to those with herniations, surgery and with no clear pathological conditions. CONCLUSION CSA and FI values of paravertebral muscles vary a lot in accordance with subjects' sex, age and clinical conditions. Given also the large inter-muscle differences in CSA and FI, the choice of muscles needs to be considered with attention by spine surgeons or physiotherapists when investigating changes in lumbar muscle morphology in clinical practice.
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- Jacopo Vitale
- Schulthess Klinik, Lengghalde 2, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Zhang W, Tang J, Tang H, Xie L, Wang J, Wu J, Yang M. Different computed tomography parameters for defining myosteatosis in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Clin Nutr 2023; 42:2414-2421. [PMID: 37871482 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2023.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Myosteatosis, excess muscle fat infiltration, is a novel prognostic factor in cancer patients. To define myosteatosis, skeletal muscle radiodensity (SMD) is most commonly used, while intramuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) is newly introduced. We aimed to compare SMD-defined and IMAT-defined myosteatosis for predicting overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to explore whether patients with both low SMD and high IMAT had a shorter OS than patients with low SMD or high IMAT alone. METHODS We consecutively and prospectively recruited adult patients with stage IIIB or IV NSCLC at a teaching hospital. The mean SMD of all skeletal muscle areas and the area of IMAT on the unenhanced chest computed tomography (CT) images at the 12th thoracic vertebral level were segmented using Mimics version 21.0. Myosteatosis was defined by either low SMD (SMD-defined myosteatosis) or high IMAT (IMAT-defined myosteatosis). The optimal cutoffs for low SMD and high IMAT were also determined using the maximally selected rank statistics method. We calculated hazard ratios (HRs) and the corresponding confidence intervals (CIs) to evaluate the associations of OS with low SMD, high IMAT, and a combination of them. RESULTS We included 565 patients (345 men and 220 women; mean age 58.5 ± 9.0 years). Lower IMAT exhibited a tendency toward a favorable prognosis in men (p = 0.0015) and women (p < 0.0001); whereas higher SMD tended to have a favorable prognosis in men (p = 0.0006) and women (p < 0.0001). At baseline, 423 (74.9 %) participants had high IMAT, 432 (76.5 %) participants had low SMD and 370 (65.5 %) participants had both high IMAT and low SMD. Compared to those without either high IMAT or low SMD, the participants with either high IMAT or low SMD had a shorter OS, while the participants with both High IMAT and Low SMD had the shortest OS (log-rank p < 0.0001). After adjustment for the same confounders, high IMAT (HR, 1.44; 95 % CI, 1.10-1.87) and low SMD (HR, 1.92; 95 % CI, 1.36-2.43) were separately associated with poor prognosis. Moreover, the combination of high IMAT and low SMD indicated a higher risk of poor prognosis (HR, 2.43; 95 % CI, 1.62-3.66). CONCLUSIONS Both SMD-defined and IMAT-defined myosteatosis are highly prevalent in patients with advanced NSCLC and may serve as independent prognostic factors for OS. The diagnosis of myosteatosis might consider a combination of low SMD and high IMAT because this would help identify patients at a higher risk of mortality.
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- Wenyi Zhang
- Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/ Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- West China School of Nursing, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/ Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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Anstruther M, Rossini B, Zhang T, Liang T, Xiao Y, Fortin M. PILLAR: ParaspInaL muscLe segmentAtion pRoject - a comprehensive online resource to guide manual segmentation of paraspinal muscles from magnetic resonance imaging. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2023; 24:909. [PMID: 37996857 PMCID: PMC10666451 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-07029-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is an increasing interest in assessing paraspinal morphology and composition in relation to low back pain (LBP). However, variations in methods and segmentation protocols contribute to the inconsistent findings in the literature. We present an on-line resource, the ParaspInaL muscLe segmentAtion pRoject (PILLAR, https://projectpillar.github.io/ ), to provide a detailed description and visual guide of a segmentation protocol by using the publicly available ITK-SNAP software and discuss related challenges when performing paraspinal lumbar muscles segmentations from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS T2-weighted and corresponding fat-water IDEAL axial MRI from 3 males and 3 females (2 chronic LBP and 1 control for each sex) were used to demonstrate our segmentation protocol for each lumbar paraspinal muscle (erector spinae, lumbar multifidus, quadratus lumborum and psoas) and lumbar spinal level (L1-L5). RESULTS Proper segmentation requires an understanding of the anatomy of paraspinal lumbar muscles and the variations in paraspinal muscle morphology and composition due to age, sex, and the presence of LBP or related spinal pathologies. Other challenges in segmentation includes the presence and variations of intramuscular and epimuscular fat, and side-to-side asymmetry. CONCLUSION The growing interest to assess the lumbar musculature and its role in the development and recurrence of LBP prompted the need for comprehensive and easy-to-follow resources, such as the PILLAR project to reduce inconsistencies in segmentation protocols. Standardizing manual muscle measurements from MRI will facilitate comparisons between studies while the field is progressively moving towards the automatization of paraspinal muscle measurements for large cohort studies.
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- Meagan Anstruther
- Department Health Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street W, SP-165.29, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department Health Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street W, SP-165.29, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- School of Health, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department Health Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street W, SP-165.29, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
- School of Health, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Réadaptation (CRIR), Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Minetama M, Kawakami M, Nakatani T, Teraguchi M, Nakagawa M, Yamamoto Y, Matsuo S, Sakon N, Nakagawa Y. Lumbar paraspinal muscle morphology is associated with spinal degeneration in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine J 2023; 23:1630-1640. [PMID: 37394143 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.06.398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) has been reported to induce changes in paraspinal muscle morphology, but objective physical function and degenerative spine conditions are rarely assessed. PURPOSE To identify factors associated with paraspinal muscle morphology using objective physical and degenerative spine assessments in patients with LSS. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING Cross-sectional design. PATIENT SAMPLE Seventy patients with neurogenic claudication caused by LSS, receiving outpatient physical therapy. OUTCOME MEASURES Cross-sectional area (CSA) and functional CSA (FCSA) of the multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles, the severity of stenosis, disc degeneration, and endplate abnormalities were evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging, as well as sagittal spinopelvic alignment by X-ray. Objective physical assessments included pedometry and claudication distance. Patient-reported outcomes included the numerical rating scale of low back pain, leg pain, and leg numbness, and the Zurich Claudication Questionnaire. METHODS To assess the impact of LSS on paraspinal muscles, FCSA and FCSA/CSA were compared between the dominant and nondominant sides based on the patients' neurogenic symptoms, and multivariable regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, height, and weight were performed; p<.05 was considered significant. RESULTS Seventy patients were analyzed. At one level below the maximum stenotic level, erector spinae FCSA on the dominant side was significantly lower than that on the nondominant side. In the multivariable regression analyses, at one level below the symptomatic level, disc degeneration, endplate abnormalities, and lumbar spinopelvic alignment, such as decreased lumbar lordosis and increased pelvic tilt, were negatively associated with multifidus FCSA and FCSA/CSA ratio. A significant association was observed between dural sac CSA and erector spinae FCSA. Throughout L1/2 to L5/S, disc degeneration, endplate abnormalities, and lumbar spinopelvic alignment were negatively associated with multifidus and erector spinae FCSA or FCSA/CSA. CONCLUSIONS Lumbar paraspinal muscle asymmetry caused by LSS was observed only in erector spinae. Disc degeneration, endplate abnormalities, and lumbar spinopelvic alignment, rather than spinal stenosis and LSS symptoms, were more associated with paraspinal muscle atrophy or fat infiltration.
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- Masakazu Minetama
- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan.
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- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saiseikai Wakayama Hospital, 45 Jyunibancho, Wakayama city, Wakayama, 640-8158, Japan
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- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan
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- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan
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- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan
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- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan
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- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan
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- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan
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- Spine Care Center, Wakayama Medical University Kihoku Hospital, 219 Myoji, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama, 649-7113, Japan
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Zhou M, Liu L, Chen Z, Ma B, Fu X, Cheng Y, Kan S, Liu C, Zhao X, Feng S, Jiang Z, Zhu R. Characteristics of paraspinal muscle degeneration in patients with adult degenerative scoliosis. Eur Spine J 2023; 32:4020-4029. [PMID: 37747546 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-07940-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS) is a 3D deformity that greatly affects the quality of life of patients and is closely related to the quality of paraspinal muscles (PSMs), but the specific degenerative characteristics have not been described. METHODS This study included ADS patients who were first diagnosed in our hospital from 2018 to 2022. Muscle volume (MV) and fat infiltration (FI) of PSM were measured by 3D reconstruction, and spinal parameters were assessed by X-ray. The values of convex side (CV) and concave side (CC) were compared. RESULTS Fifty patients were enrolled with a mean age of 64.1 ± 5.8 years old. There were significant differences in MV, FI, and Cobb angle between male and female groups. The MV of MF and PS on the CC was significantly larger than that on the CV. In the apex and the segments above the apex, the FI of the MF on the CC is greater than the CV, and in the CV of the segment below the apex, the FI of the MF is greater than the CC. Besides, there was a significant positive correlation between the FI and Cobb angle in the MF of the CC-CV. CONCLUSION There were significant differences in the MV and FI of PSM on both sides of the spine in ADS patients. It was determined that the PSM of ADS showed different degrees of degeneration in different levels of the lumbar spine and were positively correlated with Cobb angle.
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- Mengmeng Zhou
- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China
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- Tianjin Union Medical Center, 190 Jieyuan Road. Hongqiao District, Tianjin, 300121, China.
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Xu T, Xu K, Song Y, Zhou Z, Fu H, Xu R, Cai X, Guo Y, Ye P, Xu H. High-Speed T 2 -Corrected Multiecho Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Quantitatively Detecting Skeletal Muscle Fatty Infiltration and Predicting the Loss of Ambulation in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023; 58:1270-1278. [PMID: 36773028 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND High-speed T2 -corrected multiecho MRS (HISTO-MRS) is emerging as a quantitative modality for detecting muscle fat infiltration (MFF). However, the predictive value of HISTO-MRS for the loss of ambulation (LoA) in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is unknown. PURPOSE To determine the feasibility of HISTO-MRS for assessing MFF in DMD and further identify the predictive value of HISTO-MRS for the LoA. STUDY TYPE Prospective. SUBJECTS A total of 134 DMD boys (9.20 ± 2.43 years old) and 21 healthy boys (9.25 ± 2.10 years old). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE A 3 T, fast spin echo T1 -weighted imaging (T1 WI), two-point-Dixon gradient echo sequence (2-pt-Dixon) and HISTO-MRS. ASSESSMENT Subjective T1 WI fat grades by three radiologists, ROI analysis for MFF on 2 pt-Dixon (Dixon MFF) and MFF on HISTO-MRS (HISTO MFF) by two radiologists. Clinical motor function: North Star Ambulatory Assessment, 10-m run/walk time, Gowers maneuver, and time to four-stairs climb and descend. STATISTICAL TESTS Spearman rank correlation was used to assess the relation of fat filtration assessments and motor ability. Bland-Altman plots was performed to determine the agreement of HISTO MFF and Dixon MFF. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were analyzed to determine the discriminating ability of above MRI modalities for ambulatory and nonambulatory DMD. Logistic regression was used to identify the predictor of LoA. Variables with P < 0.05 in univariate logistic regression analysis were entered into the multivariate logistic regression model. RESULTS HISTO MFF was significantly correlated with Dixon MFF. Bland-Altman plots show good agreement of HISTO MFF and Dixon MFF. ROC curves indicated that HISTO MFF show similar discrimination of LoA for DMD with Dixon MFF but better value than T1WI fat grades. Logistic regression showed that HISTO MFF was an independent predictor for LoA. DATA CONCLUSION HISTO-MRS is a potential quantitative method for assessing fat infiltration and shows predictive value for LoA in DMD patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 1 TECHNICAL EFFICACY Stage 5.
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- Ting Xu
- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Radiology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
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Li Z, Liang Q, Li H, Lin X, Meng J, Yang D, Li C, Liang Y, Yang Y, Lin Y, Liang Z. Fatty infiltration of the cervical multifidus musculature and its clinical correlation to cervical spondylosis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2023; 24:613. [PMID: 37501110 PMCID: PMC10373323 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06595-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Fat infiltration (FI) of the deep neck extensor muscles has been shown to be associated with poor outcomes in cervical injury, mechanical neck pain, and axial symptoms after cervical spine surgery. However, information is scarce on the severity of FI in cervical extensors associated with different clinical syndromes in patients with cervical spondylosis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between the severity of FI in the cervical multifidus musculature and its clinical correlates in the syndromes and sagittal alignment of patients with cervical spondylosis. METHODS This study was conducted as a retrospective study of twenty-eight healthy volunteers (HV) together with sixty-six patients who underwent cervical radiculopathy (CR), degenerative myelopathy (DM), and axial joint pain (AJP) from January 2020 to March 2022. MRI was used to measure the fat cross-sectional area (FCSA), functional muscle cross-sectional area (FMCSA), total muscle cross-sectional area (TMCSA), FI ratio of the cervical multifidus musculature at each cervical level from the C3 to C6 segments and the cervical lordosis angle in the included subjects. RESULTS The difference in the FCSA and FI ratio in patient groups with cervical spondylosis was significantly greater than that of the HV group (P < 0.05), and the Cobb angle of the DM group, AJP group and HV group was significantly greater than that of the CR group (P < 0.05). The FI ratio comparison showed no significant difference by sex, and the comparison of FCSA, FMCSA, TMCSA and FI ratio showed no significant difference by age range from 35 to 69 in the included subjects. The FCSA and TMCSA in patients with cervical spondylosis were positively related to the Cobb angle (rs= 0.336, P = 0.006, rs =0.319, P = 0.009, respectively), and the FI ratio was inversely correlated with the Cobb angle (rs= -0.285, P = 0.020) and positively correlated with age (rs =0.261, P = 0.034). In the HV group, FMCSA was inversely correlated with age (rs= -0.400, P = 0.035), while the FI ratio had a positive correlation with age (rs= -0.423, P = 0.025). CONCLUSION Compared with healthy subjects, a more severe degree of FI in the multifidus musculature and sagittal imbalance were found in patients with cervical spondylosis. These two imaging features are considered to be important concomitant phenomena of cervical spondylosis, and the more severe FI is, the worse the sagittal imbalance. However, each syndrome had no obvious difference in FI in the multifidus musculature.
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- Zhifei Li
- Department of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese medicine, Nanning, 530023, Guangxi, China
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- Guangxi University of Chinese medicine, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Spine Manipulation, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, 518033, Guangdong, China
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- Guangxi University of Chinese medicine, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Guangxi University of Chinese medicine, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China
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- Guangxi University of Chinese medicine, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China
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- Guangxi University of Chinese medicine, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Spine Manipulation, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, 518033, Guangdong, China.
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- Department of Spine Manipulation, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, The Fourth Clinical Medical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, 518033, Guangdong, China.
- Department of Orthopaedic, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
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Moser M, Adl Amini D, Echeverri C, Oezel L, Haffer H, Muellner M, Tan ET, Shue J, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Hughes AP. Changes in psoas and posterior paraspinal muscle morphology after standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a quantitative MRI-based analysis. Eur Spine J 2023; 32:1704-1713. [PMID: 36884111 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-07579-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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PURPOSE Standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion (SA-LLIF) without posterior instrumentation can be an alternative to 360° fusion in selected cases. This study aimed to investigate quantitative changes in psoas and paraspinal muscle morphology that occur on index levels after SA-LLIF. METHODS Patients undergoing single- or multi-level SA-LLIF at L2/3 to L4/5 who had preoperative and postoperative lumbar MRI scans, the latter performed between 3 and 18 months after surgery for any reason, were retrospectively included. Muscle measurements were performed of the psoas and posterior paraspinal muscles (PPM; erector spinae and multifidus) on index levels using manual segmentation and an automated pixel intensity threshold method to differentiate muscle from fat signal. Changes in the total cross-sectional area (TCSA), the functional cross-sectional area (FCSA), and the percentage of fat infiltration (FI) of these muscles were assessed. RESULTS A total of 67 patients (55.2% female, age 64.3 ± 10.6 years, BMI 26.9 ± 5.0 kg/m2) with 125 operated levels were included. Follow-up MRI scans were performed after an average of 8.7 ± 4.6 months, primarily for low back pain. Psoas muscle parameters did not change significantly, irrespective of the approach side. Among PPM parameters, the mean TCSA at L4/5 (+ 4.8 ± 12.4%; p = 0.013), and mean FI at L3/4 (+ 3.1 ± 6.5%; p = 0.002) and L4/5 (+ 3.0 ± 7.0%; p = 0.002) significantly increased. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated that SA-LLIF did not alter psoas muscle morphology, underlining its minimally invasive nature. However, FI of PPM significantly increased over time despite the lack of direct tissue damage to posterior structures, suggesting a pain-mediated response and/or the result of segmental immobilization.
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- Manuel Moser
- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Department of Spine Surgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Spitalstrasse, 6000, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
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Niu Y, Lv Q, Gong C, Duan D, Zhou Z, Wu J. Predictive effect of cervical sagittal parameters and corresponding segmental paravertebral muscle degeneration on the occurrence of cervical kyphosis following cervical laminoplasty. World Neurosurg 2023:S1878-8750(23)00486-2. [PMID: 37031734 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cervical sagittal parameters and paravertebral muscle degeneration are important factors for the occurrence of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). However, the relationship between the two risk factors and cervical kyphosis following cervical laminoplasty remains unknown. METHOD A total of 130 patients undergoing cervical laminoplasty were enrolled from July 2018 to July 2020 and were followed up for at least 24 months. Clinical recovery was recorded, including the JOA, NDI and VAS scores. Radiographic sagittal parameters were measured on cervical lateral radiographs: T1 slope (T1S), C2-C7 Cobb lordotic angle (CLA), C2-C7 sagittal vertical axis (SVA), O-C2 angle, and T1S-CLA. The MRI parameters of the paraspinal muscles were also measured, including cross-sectional area (CSA) and fat infiltration (FI). The patients were divided into a kyphosis group and a lordosis group based on the last follow-up results of CLA. Multivariate logistic analysis was performed to analyse risk factors for kyphosis following laminoplasty. RESULTS Thirty-two patients were assigned to the kyphosis group, and 98 were assigned to the lordosis group. Patient baseline and surgical information in the two groups showed no statistically significant difference. In the comparison of clinical recovery, patients with kyphosis showed a lower JOA recovery rate than the lordosis group. For the radiographic parameters and muscle condition comparison, CLA, T1S-CLA, and FI were the most significant parameters. The logistic regression revealed that T1S-CLA and FI were the most important variables that predicted kyphosis. CONCLUSION We concluded that FI remarkably differed in the paraspinal muscles in the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression demonstrated that T1S-CLA and FI significantly influenced the process of kyphosis after cervical laminoplasty.
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- Yahui Niu
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Bozhou Hospital Affiliated to Anhui, Medical University, Anhui Province, China
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- Nursing School of Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Bozhou Hospital Affiliated to Anhui, Medical University, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Bozhou Hospital Affiliated to Anhui, Medical University, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Bozhou Hospital Affiliated to Anhui, Medical University, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Bozhou Hospital Affiliated to Anhui, Medical University, Anhui Province, China.
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Chen X, Li Y, Wang W, Cui P, Wang Y, Lu S. Correlation between inflammatory cytokine expression in paraspinal tissues and severity of disc degeneration in individuals with lumbar disc herniation. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2023; 24:193. [PMID: 36918849 PMCID: PMC10012494 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06295-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Previous animal studies have discovered dysregulation of the local inflammatory state as a novel mechanism to explain structural changes in paraspinal muscles in association with disc degeneration. This study aimed to determine whether the expression of inflammatory genes in the multifidus muscle (MM) differs between individuals with disc degeneration and non-degeneration, which may cause changes in the cross-sectional area (CSA) of paraspinal muscles and clinical outcomes. METHODS Muscles were procured from 60 individuals undergoing percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Total and functional CSAs and fatty degeneration of paraspinal muscles on ipsilateral and unilateral sides were measured. Gene expression was quantified using qPCR assays. Paired t-test and Pearson's correlation analysis were used to compare the mean difference and associations, respectively. RESULTS There were significant differences in total CSAs of paraspinal muscles and functional CSA and fatty degeneration of MM between ipsilateral and unilateral sides. Participants in the disc degeneration group displayed higher fat infiltration in MM. The expression of TNF was moderately correlated with total CSAs of paraspinal muscles and functional CSA and fatty degeneration of MM. The expression of IL-1β was strongly correlated with the total and functional CSA of MM. The expression of TGF-β1 was moderately correlated with the functional CSA of MM. The expression of TNF, IL-1β, and TGF-β1 was moderate to strongly correlated with clinical outcomes. CONCLUSION The results show that there were differences in the characteristics of paraspinal muscles between the ipsilateral and unilateral sides, which were affected by disc degeneration and the degree of fat infiltration. High-fat filtration and reduction of CSA of MM are associated with inflammatory dysfunction. There was evidence of a dysregulated inflammatory profile in MM in individuals with poor clinical outcomes.
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- Xiaolong Chen
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Changchun Street 45, Xicheng District, 100032, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Changchun Street 45, Xicheng District, 100032, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Changchun Street 45, Xicheng District, 100032, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Changchun Street 45, Xicheng District, 100032, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Changchun Street 45, Xicheng District, 100032, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Changchun Street 45, Xicheng District, 100032, Beijing, China.
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D'Angelo GF, de Mello AAF, Schorr F, Gebrim E, Fernandes M, Lima GF, Grad GF, Yanagimori M, Lorenzi-Filho G, Genta PR. Muscle and visceral fat infiltration: A potential mechanism to explain the worsening of obstructive sleep apnea with age. Sleep Med 2023; 104:42-48. [PMID: 36871415 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Aging is a major risk factor for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and is associated with increased upper airway collapsibility, but the mechanisms are largely unknown. We hypothesized that the increase in OSA severity and upper airway collapsibility with age are partially mediated by upper airway, visceral and muscle fat infiltration. METHODS Male subjects underwent full polysomnography, upper airway collapsibility determination (Pcrit) after sleep induction with midazolam, upper airway and abdominal computed tomography. Tongue and abdominal muscle fat infiltration were assessed by the determination of muscle attenuation with computed tomography. RESULTS Eighty-four males with a wide range of age (47 ± 13 years, range 22-69 years) and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) (30 [14-60] events/h, range 1-90 events/h), were studied. Younger and older males were grouped according to the mean age. Despite similar body mass-index (BMI), older subjects had higher AHI, higher Pcrit, larger neck and waist circumference, higher visceral and upper airway fat volumes (P < 0.01) as compared to younger subjects. Age was associated with OSA severity, Pcrit, neck and waist circumference, upper airway fat volume and visceral fat (P < 0.05), but not with BMI. Older subjects had lower tongue and abdominal muscle attenuation as compared to younger subjects (P < 0.001). Age was inversely associated with tongue and abdominal muscle attenuation, indicating muscle fat infiltration. CONCLUSIONS The associations between age, upper airway fat volume, visceral and muscle fat infiltration may help to explain the worsening of OSA and increased upper airway collapsibility with aging.
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- Giovanna F D'Angelo
- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Radiologia InRad, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratorio do Sono, LIM 63, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração InCor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Gu Y, Wang C, Hu J, Chen Y, Yu W, Wang Z, Wang X, Yuan W. Association Between the Cervical Extensor Musculature and the Demographic Features, Symptoms, and Sagittal Balance in Patients with Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. World Neurosurg 2023; 169:e40-50. [PMID: 36216245 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To obtain the quantitative measurements of the muscle morphology of cervical extensors in patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy, and determine whether the morphological parameter of each muscle correlates with the patients' demographic features, symptoms, and cervical sagittal balance. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 100 hospitalized patients scheduled to undergo surgery for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Demographic data, including age, sex, and body mass index, were recorded, and symptoms were evaluated using the visual analog scale (VAS), neck disability index (NDI), and modified Japanese Orthopedic Association scale scores. The cross-sectional area (CSA) of the multifidus, semispinalis capitis, semispinalis cervicis, splenius capitis and splenius cervicis were measured on magnetic resonance imaging. The CSA of the total extensor muscles, deep extensor muscles (DEM, consisting of multifidus and semispinalis capitis), and superficial extensor muscles (consisting of semispinalis cervicis, splenius capitis and splenius cervicis) were calculated. The adjusted CSA (aCSA) was calculated as the CSA of the muscle/CSA of the corresponding vertebral body. The fat infiltration ratio (FIR) of the posterior extensor muscles was assessed using a pseudocoloring technique. Sagittal parameters, including cervical lordosis (CL), C2-7 cervical sagittal vertical axis (SVA), T1-slope, mismatch between T1-slope and CL (T1S-CL), and range of motion, were measured. The measured parameters were compared between the males and the females, between the patients with higher muscle aCSA and the patients with lower muscle aCSA, and between the patients with and without sagittal balance. A Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to determine the correlations between the paraspinal muscle measurements, and the clinical and radiographic parameters. RESULTS There were 67 males and 33 females in this study, and the mean age was 59.22 ± 9.54 years. Compared with females, male patients showed higher CSA and aCSA of extensor muscles. Patients with lower muscle aCSA were significantly older and had worse NDI scores, with significantly greater C2-7 SVA and T1S-CL. Patients with sagittal imbalance showed significantly lower aCSA of total extensor muscles and DEM, as well as a significantly higher FIR. Age was significantly correlated with the aCSA of each measured muscle and the FIR. The aCSA of the DEM was correlated with the NDI score, the visual analog scale score, the SVA, the T1-slope, and the T1S-CL. CONCLUSIONS In patients with multilevel CSM, age and sex were demographic factors that were highly correlated with muscle morphology changes. Extensor muscles, especially DEM, play important roles in maintaining cervical sagittal balance and are associated with the severity of neck symptoms.
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Xie H, Zhang Q, Liu J, He Y, Zhang Z, Meng L, Miao J. Degenerative characteristics of multifidus at different vertebral levels of scoliosis in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis and relationship of these degenerative characteristics with surface electromyography activity. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2022; 23:1074. [PMID: 36476222 PMCID: PMC9730614 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-06038-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have investigated the imaging changes of the paravertebral muscles (PVM) in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS); however, most of these studies focused on the apical vertebra (AV) level or compared with the average of the whole-segment measurement. In this study, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with surface electromyography (sEMG) was used to analyze the degenerative characteristics of the multifidus (MF) in patients with DLS at three levels of scoliosis (upper end vertebra [UEV], AV, and lower end vertebra [LEV]). METHODS This is a prospective cross-sectional study. Forty patients with DLS (DLS group) and 40 healthy individuals without lumbar scoliosis (control group) were evaluated. The percentage of fat infiltration area (%FIA) and muscle relative cross-sectional area (rCSA) of the MF at the three levels of scoliosis were measured on MRI, whereas the sEMG activity of the participants in both groups was recorded during action tasks. The imaging parameters, sEMG activity, and relationship between them were analyzed. RESULTS In the control group, there were no significant differences in the %FIA, rCSA, or sEMG activation of the MF between the bilateral sides at the three measured levels. In the DLS group, measurement of the MF at the UEV and AV levels showed that the %FIA was larger on the concave than convex side and that the rCSA was smaller on the concave than convex side, but there was no difference between the two parameters at the LEV level. In the standing flexion and extension tasks, the sEMG activation of the MF was higher on the concave than convex side. The coronal Cobb angle was correlated with the difference in the measurement data of the MF at the UEV and AV levels, but not with the difference at the LEV level. CONCLUSION The MF in patients with DLS has the same degenerative features at the UEV and AV levels, with the concave side showing greater degeneration; however, there are different degenerative manifestations at the LEV level. The MF degeneration at the UEV and AV levels is the result of spinal deformity, while the muscle changes at the LEV level are more consistent with natural degeneration.
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- Hongru Xie
- Yuncheng Central Hospital, NO. 3690 Hedong East Road, Yuncheng, 044000 Shanxi Province China ,grid.265021.20000 0000 9792 1228Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Yuncheng Central Hospital, NO. 3690 Hedong East Road, Yuncheng, 044000 Shanxi Province China
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- grid.265021.20000 0000 9792 1228Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- grid.265021.20000 0000 9792 1228Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- grid.417028.80000 0004 1799 2608Department of Spine Surgery, Tianjin Hospital of Tianjin University, NO. 406 Jiefang South Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300210 China
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- grid.33763.320000 0004 1761 2484Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, NO.92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300210 China
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- grid.417028.80000 0004 1799 2608Department of Spine Surgery, Tianjin Hospital of Tianjin University, NO. 406 Jiefang South Road, Hexi District, Tianjin, 300210 China
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Carvalho V, Santos J, Santos Silva P, Vaz R, Pereira P. Relationship between fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscles and clinical outcome after lumbar discectomy. Brain Spine 2022; 2:101697. [PMID: 36605389 PMCID: PMC9808467 DOI: 10.1016/j.bas.2022.101697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Introduction Cross sectional area (CSA) and fat infiltration (FI) are important parameters to assess paravertebral muscle atrophy. However, the relationship of muscular fat infiltration in patients with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation undergoing surgery remains unclear. Research question Does lumbar paravertebral muscle atrophy have prognostic value regarding the clinical outcome for patients with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation undergoing surgery? Methods Patients over 18 years of age with lumbar disc herniation and radicular pain who underwent single-level discectomy were included. Multifidus, erector spinae and psoas cross-sectional area (CSA) and fatty infiltration (FI) were measured by ImageJ software at the levels of L3-L4, L4-L5 and L5-S1 from T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance axial images. Clinical status was assessed preoperatively and one-year after surgery with patient reported outcome measurements (PROMS), that included Numeric Rating Score for back and leg pain, Core Outcome Measurement Index (COMI), Oswestry Disability Index and EuroQoL-5D. Univariate and multiple linear regressions were performed. Results Erector spinae FI was the only muscle-related factor that correlated to postoperative PROMS. Postoperative COMI was higher in patients with FI>30% (median: 4.4, IQR: 3.2) and lower when FI<15% (median: 1.2, IQR: 1.6) (Kruskal-Wallis, p < 0.001). Male gender was associated with better outcome as well as erector spinae FI<15%, while FI >30% was related to worse postoperative status. Conclusions In the current study, increased fat infiltration of erector spinae muscles correlated to less favorable clinical outcomes following lumbar discectomies.
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- Vasco Carvalho
- Department of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal,Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal,Corresponding author. Al. Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200 - 319, Porto, Portugal.
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- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal,Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal,Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal,Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal
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Muellner M, Haffer H, Moser M, Chiapparelli E, Dodo Y, Adl Amini D, Carrino JA, Tan ET, Shue J, Zhu J, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Hughes AP. Paraspinal musculature impairment is associated with spinopelvic and spinal malalignment in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery. Spine J 2022; 22:2006-2016. [PMID: 35944826 PMCID: PMC10623672 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.07.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT The concept of sagittal spinal malalignment is well established in spinal surgery. However, the effect of musculature on its development has not been fully considered and the position of the pelvis is mostly seen as compensatory and not necessarily a possible cause of sagittal imbalance. PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the influence of the posterior paraspinal muscles (PPM, erector spinae, and multifidus) and the psoas muscle on spinopelvic and spinal alignment. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING Retrospective cross-sectional study. PATIENT SAMPLE Patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion between 2014 and 2021 for degenerative conditions at a tertiary care center, with preoperative lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within 12 months prior the surgery and a preoperative whole spine radiograph were included. OUTCOME MEASURES PPM and psoas muscle measurements including the cross-sectional area (CSA), the functional cross-sectional area (fCSA), the amount of intramuscular fat (FAT), and the percentage of fat infiltration (FI). Spinopelvic measurements including lumbar lordosis (LL), pelvic tilt (PT), sacral slope (SS), pelvic incidence (PI), and sagittal vertical axis (SVA). METHODS A T2-weighted MRI-based quantitative assessment of the CSA, the fCSA and the amount FAT was conducted, and FI was further calculated. The regions of interest included the psoas muscle and the PPM on both sides at the L4 level that were summarized and normalized by the patient's height (cm2/m2). LL, PT, SS, PI, and SVA were determined on standing lateral radiographs. Spearman correlation was used to calculate the crude relationship between spinopelvic and muscle parameters. Multiple linear regression models with age, sex, LL, PT, SS, and SVA set as independent variables were established to determine the association with spinal muscle outcome measures. RESULTS A total of 150 patients (53.3% female) were included in the final analysis with a median age of 65.6 years and a median BMI of 28.2 kg/m2. Significant positive correlations were observed between PT (ρ=0.327), SVA (ρ=0.256) and PI (ρ=0.202) and the FIPPM. Significant negative correlations were detected for the PT and the fCSAPPM (ρ=-0.202) and PT and the fCSAPsoas (ρ=-0.191). Furthermore, a negative correlation was seen for PI and SVA and FIPsoas. PT (β=0.187; p=.006), SVA (β=0.155; p=.035), age (β=0.468; p<.001) and sex (β=0.235; p<.001) significantly predict FIPPM (corrected R2=0.393) as independent variables. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated the potential role of posterior paraspinal muscles and psoas muscle on pelvic retroversion and elucidated the relation to sagittal spinal malalignment. Although we cannot establish causality, we propose that increasing FIPPM, representing loss of muscular strength, may lead to increased pelvic retroversion and thus might be the initiating point for the development of the sagittal imbalance. These findings might challenge the well-known theory of increased pelvic retroversion being a compensatory mechanism for sagittal spinal balance. Thus, muscular weakness might be a factor involved in the development of sagittal spinal malalignment.
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- Maximilian Muellner
- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA; Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA; Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA; Department of Spine Surgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA; Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA
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- Biostatistics Core, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th St, New York City, NY 10021, USA.
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Khattab K, Dziesinski LK, Crawford R, Ballatori A, Nyayapati P, Krug R, Fields A, O'Neill CW, Lotz JC, Bailey JF. Spatial distribution of fat infiltration within the paraspinal muscles: implications for chronic low back pain. Eur Spine J 2022; 31:2875-2883. [PMID: 35776179 PMCID: PMC9637053 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-022-07296-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Fat infiltration (FI) of the paraspinal muscles (PSMs) measured using MRI is an aspect of muscle quality and is considered to be worse in chronic low back pain (cLBP) patients. However, there is not a clear association between paraspinal muscle FI and cLBP, leaving the clinical importance of paraspinal muscle composition unestablished. The spatial distribution of FI in the PSMs may inform mechanistic understanding of non-specific cLBP as it relates to degenerative intervertebral disc (IVD) pathology. We hypothesized that paraspinal muscle fat-mapping would reveal distinct FI distribution patterns in relation to cLBP symptoms and proximity to symptomatic IVD degeneration. METHODS From advanced-sequence water-fat MRI of 40 axial cLBP patients and 21 controls, we examined the spatial distribution of paraspinal muscle FI in relation to the center of rotation at the L4L5 disc. Using statistical parametric mapping, we compared FI patterns for multifidus (MF), erector spinae (ES), and psoas between patients and controls, and to the presence and severity of adjacent degenerative IVD pathology. RESULTS The spatial distribution of PSMs FI differs between PSMs and according to symptoms and the adjacent degenerative IVD pathology. Furthermore, the region of MF closest to the disc center of rotation appears most susceptible to FI in the presence of symptomatic IVD degeneration. CONCLUSION Our study identified spatial distribution patterns of FI in the PSMs as a potential diagnostic biomarker that may also provide granular mechanistic insights into spine biomechanics related to cLBP, as well as advancing the use of prior summary measures limited to overall muscle FI.
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- Karim Khattab
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 95 Kirkham St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 95 Kirkham St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 95 Kirkham St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 95 Kirkham St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 95 Kirkham St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 95 Kirkham St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 95 Kirkham St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 95 Kirkham St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA.
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Muellner M, Chiapparelli E, Moser M, Haffer H, Dodo Y, Adl Amini D, Carrino JA, Tan ET, Shue J, Zhu J, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Hughes AP. The effect of age on psoas and paraspinal muscle morphology in patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion surgery. Eur Spine J 2022; 31:2619-2628. [PMID: 35984509 PMCID: PMC10583000 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-022-07346-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the effect of age on the psoas and posterior paraspinal muscles (PPM; multifidus muscle and erector spinae) and to evaluate potential sex-related differences. METHODS MRI-based quantitative assessments of the cross-sectional area (CSA), the functional cross-sectional area (fCSA), the fat area (FAT) and the proportion of intramuscular fat (FI) were conducted on patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery between 2014 and 2021. The regions of interest were the psoas muscle and the PPM at the superior endplate of L4. The left and right sides of the muscle groups were summarized and normalized by the patient's height (cm2/m2). The relationships between age and muscular parameters were analyzed stratified by sex. RESULTS A total of 195 patients (57.9%female) with a median age of 64.2 years and a body mass index of 28.3 kg/m2 were analyzed. The CSAPsoas was 7.7 cm2/m2 and differed significantly between females and males (p < 0.001); likewise, the fCSAPsoas differed significantly between the sexes. The CSAPPM was 18.8 cm2/m2 with no sex-specific differences. Significant differences were found in the FIPPM (males: 41.1% vs. females: 47.9%; p < 0.001), but not in the FIPsoas (males: 3.7% vs. females: 4.5%; p = 0.276). Considering the effect of age on FI, a significant positive correlation was observed for the PPMs for both sexes. Only in women, there was a negative correlation between age and CSAPsoas (ρ = - 0.248; p = 0.008), FATPsoas (ρ = - 0.421; p < 0.001) and FIPsoas (ρ = - 0.371; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION This study demonstrated sex-specific differences in spinal muscle morphology in relation to patient age. With increasing age there was a decrease in FIPsoas in women only, unlike in the PPMs in which there was increased FI that was significantly higher in women compared to men.
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- Maximilian Muellner
- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Department of Spine Surgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Biostatistics Core, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Spine Care Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
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Trevino Iii JH, Yuri T, Hatta T, Kiyoshige Y, Jacobs PM, Giambini H. Three-dimensional quantitative measurements of atrophy and fat infiltration in sub-regions of the supraspinatus muscle show heterogeneous distributions: a cadaveric study. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2022; 142:1395-1403. [PMID: 33484308 DOI: 10.1007/s00402-021-03765-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Rotator cuff tears are common in the older population. Atrophy and fat infiltration develop un-evenly in torn supraspinatus (SSP) muscles leading to pre- and post-surgical complications. The purpose of the current study was twofold: first, to implement a volumetric and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approach to quantify the degree of muscle atrophy and fat infiltration within the SSP muscle and its four sub-regions (AS, PS, AD, and PD); second to compare 3-D MRI outcomes to the standard 2-D assessment and investigate their relationship with tear size. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen cadaveric shoulders were obtained and MRI performed. Quantitative 3-D outcomes included SSP muscle volume, fossa volume, fat-free muscle volume, and fat fraction for the whole SSP muscle and its four sub-regions. 2-D and qualitative measurements included tear size, 2-D fat infiltration using the Goutallier classification, tangent sign, and occupation ratio. RESULTS Linear regression outcomes with tear size were not significant for both cross-sectional area (r = - 0.494, p = 0.061) and occupation ratio (r = - 0.011, p = 0.969). Tear size negatively correlated with fat-free muscle volume for both AS and PS sub-regions (AS: r = - 0.78, p < 0.001; PS: r = - 0.68, p = 0.005, respectively) while showing no significant correlation with fat fraction outcomes. AD and PD sub-regions positively correlated with tear size and fat fraction outcomes (AD: r = 0.70, p = 0.017; PD: r = 0.52, p = 0.045, respectively), while no significant correlation was observed between tear size and fat-free muscle volumes. CONCLUSION Quantitative 3-D volumetric assessment of muscle degeneration resulted in better outcomes compared to the standard 2-D evaluation. The superficial supraspinatus muscle sub-regions primarily presented muscle atrophy, while the deep sub-regions were mainly affected by fat infiltration. 3-D assessments could be used pre-surgically to determine the best course of treatment and to estimate the muscles' regenerative capacity and function.
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- Jose H Trevino Iii
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA.,Graduate School of Health Sciences, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA. .,Department of Orthopedics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Huang R, Yang H, Chen L, Su S, Wu X, Zhuang R, Liu Y. T2 mapping and fat quantification of lumbar paraspinal muscle in ankylosing spondylitis: a case control study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2022; 23:614. [PMID: 35761300 PMCID: PMC9235229 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-05570-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To compare changes in the composition of paraspinal muscles of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and matched healthy controls using T2 mapping and T2 IDEAL and correlate the quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) results with clinical assessments of AS patients. METHOD In total, 37 AS patients and 37 healthy controls were enrolled in the case control study. T2 mapping with and without fat saturation and IDEAL imaging were used to assess the multifidus (MF) and erector spinae (ES) at the levels of L3/L4 and L4/L5 for all subjects. Mean T2non-fatsat, T2fat, T2fatsat, cross-sectional area (CSA), and fat fraction (FF) were compared between AS and healthy controls. Correlations of qMRI results with clinical assessments were analyzed in AS. RESULTS Significantly elevated mean T2non-fatsat values and the FF of the MF and ES at both levels were observed in AS and compared to the controls (p < 0.05). The mean T2fatsat values of ES and MF were significantly higher only at the level of L3/L4 in AS compared to healthy controls (p < 0.05). A loss of muscle CSA compatible with atrophy was present in MF and ES at both levels in AS compared to the controls (p < 0.05). Weak to moderate positive correlations were found between FF and age and disease duration in AS (r = 0.318-0.415, p < 0.05). However, such positive correlation was not observed between FF and disease duration after adjusting for age (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that using a combination of IDEAL and T2 mapping may provide deeper insights into the pathophysiological degeneration of paraspinal muscles in AS.
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- Ruibin Huang
- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, People's Republic of China
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Amorim-Barbosa T, Catelas D, Pereira C, Sousa A, Amorim JM, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Neves P. Is preoperative fat infiltration in lumbar spine muscles associated with worse clinical outcomes after lumbar interbody fusion? Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 2022. [PMID: 35723839 DOI: 10.1007/s00590-022-03311-110.1007/s00590-022-03311-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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PURPOSE Lumbar musculature has a fundamental role in spine stability and spinal balance. Muscle atrophy and fat infiltration play an important role in pain pathophysiology. Accordingly, the preoperative condition of lumbar muscles may influence clinical outcomes after surgical treatment. In this context, the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between preoperative lumbar paravertebral muscle fat infiltration and clinical outcomes after lumbar interbody fusion. METHODS A retrospective study of patients with lumbar pathology submitted to lumbar transforaminal (TLIF) or posterior interbody fusion (PLIF) was performed, with a minimum of two years of follow-up. Preoperative lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images were classified for fat infiltration in lumbar multifidus muscle and correlated with clinical outcomes. RESULTS Seventy-five patients were included: 24 submitted to PLIF and 51 to TLIF. Most patients underwent surgery for spondylolisthesis (67%). Higher degrees of fat infiltration were associated with more advanced age (54.8 vs. 49.1 years old, p = 0.04) and more leg pain after surgery (p = 0.04). No statistically significant differences in other clinical outcomes such as Oswestry Disability Index, visual analogue scale for back and leg pain, self-reported back pain relief, return to work and overall satisfaction were found between different groups of fat infiltration. The improvement in leg pain was associated with improvement in self-reported lumbar pain (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Age and preoperative degree of fat infiltration may be important to predict improvement in leg pain after lumbar interbody fusion. The absence of solid literature on this topic and universal assessment methodologies reinforce the need for further studies.
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- Tiago Amorim-Barbosa
- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS-Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
- Spinal Unit (UVM), Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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Amorim-Barbosa T, Catelas D, Pereira C, Sousa A, Amorim JM, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Neves P. Is preoperative fat infiltration in lumbar spine muscles associated with worse clinical outcomes after lumbar interbody fusion? Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 2022:10.1007/s00590-022-03311-1. [PMID: 35723839 DOI: 10.1007/s00590-022-03311-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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PURPOSE Lumbar musculature has a fundamental role in spine stability and spinal balance. Muscle atrophy and fat infiltration play an important role in pain pathophysiology. Accordingly, the preoperative condition of lumbar muscles may influence clinical outcomes after surgical treatment. In this context, the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between preoperative lumbar paravertebral muscle fat infiltration and clinical outcomes after lumbar interbody fusion. METHODS A retrospective study of patients with lumbar pathology submitted to lumbar transforaminal (TLIF) or posterior interbody fusion (PLIF) was performed, with a minimum of two years of follow-up. Preoperative lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images were classified for fat infiltration in lumbar multifidus muscle and correlated with clinical outcomes. RESULTS Seventy-five patients were included: 24 submitted to PLIF and 51 to TLIF. Most patients underwent surgery for spondylolisthesis (67%). Higher degrees of fat infiltration were associated with more advanced age (54.8 vs. 49.1 years old, p = 0.04) and more leg pain after surgery (p = 0.04). No statistically significant differences in other clinical outcomes such as Oswestry Disability Index, visual analogue scale for back and leg pain, self-reported back pain relief, return to work and overall satisfaction were found between different groups of fat infiltration. The improvement in leg pain was associated with improvement in self-reported lumbar pain (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Age and preoperative degree of fat infiltration may be important to predict improvement in leg pain after lumbar interbody fusion. The absence of solid literature on this topic and universal assessment methodologies reinforce the need for further studies.
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- Tiago Amorim-Barbosa
- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal.,ICBAS-Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal.,Spinal Unit (UVM), Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto-Hospital de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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Li X, Zhang Y, Xie Y, Lu R, Tao H, Chen S. Correlation Between Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and Paraspinal Muscle Fat Infiltration Based on QCT: A Cross-Sectional Study. Calcif Tissue Int 2022; 110:666-673. [PMID: 35006307 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-022-00944-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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To investigate the correlation between fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscle and bone mineral density (BMD). In total, 367 subjects (182 men and 185 women) who underwent quantitative computed tomography (QCT) examination were enrolled in this study. A QCT Pro workstation was used to obtain the mean BMD of the lower lumbar spine (L3, L4, L5) and fat fraction (FF) of the paraspinal muscle (psoas and erector spinae) at the corresponding levels. The patient's age, sex, body mass index, number of previous vertebral fractures, physical activity level, and visual analog scale (VAS) score for lower back pain were recorded. For categorical variables, one-way ANOVA and independent-samples t tests were performed. Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to analyze the correlations among continuous variables. Influential factors were analyzed by multivariate linear regression analysis. Regarding the mean paraspinal muscle FF, there were significant differences between the different vertebral fracture groups (P < 0.05). Age and VAS score showed a positive correlation with the mean paraspinal muscle FF (r = 0.389, 0.454). BMD showed a negative correlation with the mean paraspinal muscle FF (r = - 0.721). The multiple linear regression analysis showed that vertebral fracture (β = 0.851, P = 0.021) and BMD (β = - 4.341, P = 0.004) were independent factors of the mean paraspinal muscle FF. This study demonstrated that an advanced age, a greater VAS score, a higher number of vertebral fractures, and a lower BMD may be associated with more severe fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscle.
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- Xiangwen Li
- Department of Radiology & Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology & Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology & Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology & Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology & Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology & Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Han G, Zou D, Li X, Zhang S, Li Z, Zhou S, Li W, Sun Z, Li W. Can fat infiltration in the multifidus muscle be a predictor of postoperative symptoms and complications in patients undergoing lumbar fusion for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis? A case-control study. J Orthop Surg Res 2022; 17:289. [PMID: 35619169 PMCID: PMC9137055 DOI: 10.1186/s13018-022-03186-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Purpose This study aimed to explore whether 25% as the cutoff value of fat infiltration (FI) in multifidus (MF) could be a predictor of clinical outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) patients.
Methods A total of 461 patients undergoing posterior lumbar interbody fusion for LSS with 1-year follow-up were identified. After sex- and age-match, 160 pairs of patients were divided into a FI < 25% group and a FI ≥ 25% group according to FI of MF at L4 on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Patient-reported outcomes including the visual analog scale scores (VAS) for back pain and leg pain and the Oswestry disability index (ODI) scores were evaluated. Bone nonunion and screw loosening were evaluated by dynamic X-ray. Results After matching, there was no significant difference in age, sex, body mass index, fusion to S1, number of fusion levels, osteoporosis, spondylolisthesis, smoking and diabetes. FI ≥ 25% group had significantly higher VAS for back pain, VAS for leg pain and ODI than FI < 25% group at 1-year follow-up. However, there was no significant difference in the change of them from baseline to 1-year follow-up between the two groups. In light of complications, FI ≥ 25% group had a significantly higher rate of bone nonunion than FI < 25% group, whereas there was no significant difference of screw loosening rates between the two groups. Conclusion MF FI might be a pragmatic cutoff value to predict bone nonunion in LSS patients, but it has little predictive value on screw loosening and postoperative improvement of symptoms. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13018-022-03186-2.
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- Gengyu Han
- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China.
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Li X, Xie Y, Lu R, Zhang Y, Tao H, Chen S. Relationship between oseteoporosis with fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscles based on QCT examination. J Bone Miner Metab 2022; 40:518-527. [PMID: 35239028 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-022-01311-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION To investigate the correlation between paraspinal muscles features and osteoporosis in lumbar spine. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 367 subjects who underwent quantitative computed tomography (QCT) examination were enrolled in this study. QCT pro workstation was used to obtain the mean bone mineral density (BMD) of the lower lumbar spine. Fat fraction (FF) and cross-section area (CSA) of the paraspinal muscles at the corresponding levels were measured. All participants were divided into normal, osteopenia, and osteoporosis groups. One-way ANOVA and independent samples t tests were performed to compare differences between groups. Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients and partial correlation analysis after controlling for confounding factors were used to analyze the correlation between BMD and paraspinal muscles measurements. RESULTS Among the 367 participants included, 116 were in the normal group, 130 in the osteopenia group and 121 in the osteoporosis group. There were significant differences among the three groups for the mean and multifidus FF. BMD showed negative correlations with the FF of the paraspinal muscles. Multifidus and mean FF showed the best correlation (r = - 0.654, - 0.777). There were also significant differences in the mean and multifidus FF between different age groups, while after controlling for confounding factors, there was no correlation between age and FF of the paraspinal muscles. CONCLUSION This preliminary study demonstrated the association of BMD with fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscles. Different muscles might have specific effects in different sex and age groups.
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- Xiangwen Li
- Department of Radiology and Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Wulumuqizhong Road, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology and Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Wulumuqizhong Road, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology and Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Wulumuqizhong Road, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology and Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Wulumuqizhong Road, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology and Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Wulumuqizhong Road, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology and Institute of Medical Functional and Molecular Imaging, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Wulumuqizhong Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.
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Seyedhoseinpoor T, Taghipour M, Dadgoo M, Sanjari MA, Takamjani IE, Kazemnejad A, Khoshamooz Y, Hides J. Alteration of lumbar muscle morphology and composition in relation to low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Spine J 2022; 22:660-76. [PMID: 34718177 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Previous studies have proposed that there is a relationship between low back pain (LBP) and morphology and composition of paraspinal muscles. However, results have been conflicting, especially regarding fatty infiltration of muscles. PURPOSE The primary goal of this study was to review and analyze results from imaging studies which investigated morphological and composition changes in the multifidus, erector spinae and psoas major muscles in people with LBP. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING Systematic review with meta-analysis. PATIENT SAMPLE A patient sample was not required OUTCOME MEASURES: This review did not have outcome measures. METHODS PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences, EMBASE and ProQuest were searched for eligible studies up to 31st July 2020 (all languages). A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted to identify studies investigating the association between the morphology and fat content of lumbar muscles in people with LBP compared with a (no LBP) control group. 13,795 articles were identified. Based on the screening for inclusion/ exclusion, 25 were included. The quality of the studies was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. From the 25 articles, 20 were included in the meta-analysis. RESULTS Results showed that the total cross-sectional area of the multifidus was smaller in people with LBP (Standardized mean difference, SMD = -0.24, 95% CI = -0.5 to 0.03). Combined SMDs showed a medium effect of LBP on increasing multifidus muscle fat infiltration (SMD = 0.61, 95% CI = 0.30 to 0.91). There were no LBP related differences identified in the morphology or composition of the lumbar erector spine and psoas major muscles. CONCLUSIONS People with LBP were found to have somewhat smaller multifidus muscles with a significant amount of intramuscular fat infiltration. Varying sample size, age and BMI of participants, quality of studies and the procedures used to measure fat infiltration are possible reasons for inconsistencies in results of previous studies.
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Han G, Zou D, Liu Z, Zhang B, Gong C, Zhou S, Li W, Sun Z, Li W. Fat infiltration of paraspinal muscles as an independent risk for bone nonunion after posterior lumbar interbody fusion. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2022; 23:232. [PMID: 35264133 PMCID: PMC8908625 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-05178-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background The prognosis value of paraspinal muscle degeneration on clinical outcomes has been revealed. However no study has investigated the effect of the fat infiltration (FI) of paraspinal muscles on bone nonunion after posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). Methods Three hundred fifty-one patients undergoing PLIF for lumbar spinal stenosis with 1-year follow-up were retrospectively identified. Patients were categorized into bone union (n = 301) and bone nonunion (n = 50) groups based on dynamic X-ray at 1-year follow-up. The relative total cross-sectional area (rTCSA) and FI of multifidus (MF) and erector spinae (ES), and the relative functional CSA (rFCSA) of psoas major (PS) were measured on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Results The nonunion group had a significantly higher MF FI and a higher ES FI and a smaller MF rTCSA than the union group (p = 0.001, 0.038, 0.026, respectively). Binary logistic regression revealed that MF FI (p = 0.029, odds ratio [OR] = 1.04), lumbosacral fusion (p = 0.026, OR = 2193) and length of fusion (p = 0.001, OR = 1.99) were independent factors of bone nonunion. In subgroup analysis, in one or two-level fusion group, the patients with nonunion had a higher MF FI and a higher ES FI than those of the patients with union (all p < 0.05). Similarly, in lumbosacral fusion group, the patients with nonunion had a higher MF FI and a higher ES FI than those of the patients with union (all p < 0.05). The logistic regressions showed that MF FI remained an independent factor of bone nonunion both in the patients with one or two-level fusion (p = 0.003, OR = 1.074) and in the patients with lumbosacral fusion (p = 0.006, OR = 1.073). Conclusions Higher fatty degeneration was strongly associated with bone nonunion after PLIF. Surgeons should pay attention to the FI of paraspinal muscles when performing posterior surgery for patients, especially those who need short-segment fusion or to extend fusion to S1. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12891-022-05178-z.
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- Gengyu Han
- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Beijing, China.
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Gengyu H, Jinyue D, Chunjie G, Bo Z, Yu J, Jiaming L, Weishi L. The predictive value of preoperative paraspinal muscle morphometry on complications after lumbar surgery: a systematic review. Eur Spine J 2021; 31:364-379. [PMID: 34773148 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-021-07052-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE The effect of paraspinal muscles atrophy and fat infiltration (FI) on the complications of spinal surgery has not been established. METHODS A review of the literature was conducted from a search of the PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases from inception through January 2021. The literature was searched and assessed by independent reviewers based on criteria that included an assessment of preoperative paraspinal muscle morphology in addition to measuring its relationship to surgical complications. All relevant papers were assessed for risk of bias according to the modified Newcastle Ottawa Scale and the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Tools. A narrative synthesis was conducted. RESULTS The initial search yielded 5632 studies, of which 16 studies were included in the analysis. All included studies were at a low risk of bias. There existed strong evidence that the atrophy and FI of paraspinal muscles had an association with the development of bone nonunion (two high quality studies), pedicle screw loosening (two high quality studies), adjacent segment degeneration (three high quality studies) and proximal junctional kyphosis (five high quality studies) after lumbar surgery. Besides, there is also limited evidence for association between atrophy and FI of paraspinal extensor muscles and less local and global curve improvement. CONCLUSIONS Strong evidence was found for an association between preoperative paraspinal muscle degeneration and multiple postoperative complications after lumbar surgery. However, the findings should be interpreted with caution due to the small quantity of the available literature and high heterogeneity among studies.
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- Han Gengyu
- Third Hospital Orthopedics Department, Peking University, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research and Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Third Hospital Orthopedics Department, Peking University, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Third Hospital Orthopedics Department, Peking University, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research and Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Third Hospital Orthopedics Department, Peking University, No. 49 NorthGarden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research and Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Tan L, Ji G, Bao T, Fu H, Yang L, Yang M. Diagnosing sarcopenia and myosteatosis based on chest computed tomography images in healthy Chinese adults. Insights Imaging 2021; 12:163. [PMID: 34743259 PMCID: PMC8572237 DOI: 10.1186/s13244-021-01106-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Measuring muscle mass and muscle quality based on chest Computed Tomography (CT) images would facilitate sarcopenia and myosteatosis research. We aimed (1) to measure muscle mass and myosteatosis based on chest CT images at the 12th thoracic vertebra level and compare the relevant indicators with whole-body skeletal muscle mass (BSM) and whole-body fat mass (BFM) measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis; and (2) to determine the cut-off points of these indicators for diagnosing sarcopenia or myosteatosis in healthy Chinese adults. METHODS Chest CT images were analyzed using a segmentation software. Skeletal muscle area (SMA), skeletal muscle radiodensity (SMD), and intermuscular adiposity tissue (IMAT) were measured. Skeletal muscle indices (SMIs) and IMAT/SMA ratio were calculated. RESULTS We included 569 participants. SMA, SMA/height2, and SMA/BMI were strongly and positively correlated with BSM (r = 0.90, 0.72, and 0.69, respectively, all p < 0.001); whereas SMA/weight was moderately and positively correlated with BSM (r = 0.38, p < 0.001). IMAT and IMAT/SMA were strongly and positively correlated with BFM (r = 0.67 and 0.58, respectively, both p < 0.001). SMD was moderately and negatively correlated with BFM (r = - 0.40, p < 0.001). We suggest SMA/height2 (< 25.75 cm2/m2 in men and < 20.16 cm2/m2 in women) for diagnosing sarcopenia and SMD (< 37.42 HU in men and < 33.17 HU in women) or IMAT (> 8.72 cm2 in men and > 4.58 cm2 in women) for diagnosing myosteatosis. CONCLUSIONS Muscle mass indicators (SMA and SMIs) and muscle quality indicators (SMD, IMAT, and IMAT/SMA) measured by chest CT images are valuable for diagnosing sarcopenia and myosteatosis, respectively.
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- Lingling Tan
- Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Health Management Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Health Management Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Outpatient Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
- Precision Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Ferrero E, Skalli W, Khalifé M, Carlier R, Feydy A, Felter A, Guigui P, Lafage V. Volume of spinopelvic muscles: comparison between adult spinal deformity patients and asymptomatic subjects. Spine Deform 2021; 9:1617-24. [PMID: 33909275 DOI: 10.1007/s43390-021-00357-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Spinal muscles are a major component of posture in spinal pathologies and changes to the spine with aging. Specifically, spinopelvic muscles may compensate for underlying anomalies such as pelvic retroversion, knee flexion, and cervical or thoracic spinal balance abnormalities. To increase understanding between muscular characteristics and compensatory mechanisms, this study aimed to compare the volume of spinopelvic muscles in adults with a spinal deformity (ASD) to a control group of well-aligned adult subjects. METHODS Twenty-eight lumbar ASD patients [Cobb angle > 20°, > 40 years old (yo)] were prospectively included and compared to 35 normal subjects divided into 2 different groups: one group of young (Y) subjects (n = 23, < 20 yo) and one group of old (O) subjects (n = 12, > 40 yo). All subjects had a fat/water separation MRI (from C7 to the knees). Volumetric 3D reconstructions of 30 spinopelvic muscles were performed and muscles volumes were compared. RESULTS Mean age was 60 ± 16 yo, without significant differences between the ASD and O groups (57 ± 11 yo). Age and BMI were smaller in the young group. Mean Cobb angle of the ASD group was 45 ± 11°. Comparing the ASD and O groups, total muscular volume was similar; however, erector spinae (0.24 ± 0.06 vs 0.68 ± 0.08 dm3, p = 0.001), iliopsoas (0.49 ± 0.09 vs 0.60 ± 0.09 dm3, p = 0.001) and obliquus (0.42 ± 0.08 vs 0.50 ± 0.08 dm3, p = 0.02) were significantly smaller in the ASD group. Comparing the Y and the ASD groups, total muscular volume was higher in the Y group than the ASD group (+ 3.3 dm3, p = 0.003) and erector spinae (0.24 ± 0.06 vs 0.74 ± 0.08, p = 0.0001), gluteus medius (0.51 ± 0.07 vs 0.62 ± 0.13, p = 0.01) and vastus lateralis (1.33 ± 0.21 vs 2.08 ± 0.29, p = 0.001) were significantly bigger in the Y group. CONCLUSION This is the first study to compare volume of spinopelvic muscles between ASD patients and a control group without spinal deformity. Our results demonstrate that muscular degeneration has a double origin: aging and deformity. Erector spinae, iliopsoas, and obliquus are the muscles most affected by degeneration.
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Suzuki K, Hasebe Y, Yamamoto M, Saita K, Ogihara S. Inter-rater reliability between two examiners with different professional roles in the evaluation of fat infiltration in the lumbar paraspinal muscles using magnetic resonance imaging. J Phys Ther Sci 2021; 33:591-595. [PMID: 34393369 PMCID: PMC8332645 DOI: 10.1589/jpts.33.591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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[Purpose] To clarify the inter-rater reliability of the evaluation criteria for paraspinal muscle fat infiltration on magnetic resonance images between two examiners with different professional roles in interdisciplinary physical therapy teams. [Participants and Methods] In this retrospective study, we reviewed the clinical data of 225 patients with degenerative lumbar diseases who underwent posterior lumbar surgery at our hospital. A physical therapist and a spinal surgeon visually quantified fat infiltration of the multifidus muscles at the level of L4/5 on the preoperative magnetic resonance images of the patients using Kjaer's criteria (Grade 0: 0-10%, Grade 1: 10-50%, and Grade 2: >50%). We used the kappa coefficient to assess inter-rater reliability. [Results] The participants included 142 males and 83 females (mean age, 64.7 years; range, 21-89 years). The number of patients with grades 0/1/2 were 50/160/15, respectively, for examiner 1; and 59/155/11, respectively, for examiner 2. The kappa coefficient was 0.69, indicating a substantial agreement. [Conclusion] Our study, which is the first to assess the inter-rater reliability of Kjaer's criteria between examiners with different medical occupations, revealed that these criteria could be a reliable tool for evaluating fat infiltration in the multifidus muscles and sharing information between interdisciplinary physical therapy teams.
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- Kenta Suzuki
- Department of Rehabilitation, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Japan.,Department of Physical Therapy, Saitama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University: 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8550, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University: 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8550, Japan
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Guimaraes JB, Cavalcante WCP, Cruz IAN, Nico MA, Filho AGO, da Silva AMS, Zanoteli E. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Inclusion Body Myositis: A Comparative Study with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Ultrasound Med Biol 2021; 47:2186-2192. [PMID: 34049727 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The objective of this study was to compare the accuracy of ultrasound (US) with that of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in identifying muscle abnormalities in patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM). Twelve patients with IBM underwent muscle US and MRI on the same day. Twelve muscle groups were analyzed per patient. On US, a visual grading system was used to detect whether the muscles were affected. On MRI, muscle atrophy, fat infiltration and edema patterns were analyzed. The inter- and intra-reader reproducibility was similar for US and MRI in the evaluation of muscle abnormalities. All patients with muscle abnormalities identified on US presented with fat infiltration on MRI, which was the most common abnormality identified on MRI. Most importantly, the accuracy of US compared with that of MRI for the detection of muscle abnormalities in patients with IBM was 86.8 (κ coefficient = 0.632), with a sensitivity of 84% and specificity of 100%. In conclusion all patients with muscle abnormalities identified on US presented with fat infiltration on MRI, and the marked increase in echo intensity observed in the muscles of IBM patients was related mostly to fatty replacement. Most importantly, US exhibited significant accuracy compared with MRI.
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- Julio Brandao Guimaraes
- Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Grupo Fleury Medicina e Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Grupo Fleury Medicina e Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Grupo Fleury Medicina e Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Grupo Fleury Medicina e Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Han G, Jiang Y, Zhang B, Gong C, Li W. Imaging Evaluation of Fat Infiltration in Paraspinal Muscles on MRI: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Methodology. Orthop Surg 2021; 13:1141-1148. [PMID: 33942525 PMCID: PMC8274185 DOI: 10.1111/os.12962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Purpose Numerous studies have applied a variety of methods to assess paraspinal muscle degeneration. However, the methodological differences in imaging evaluation may lead to imprecise or inconsistent results. This article aimed to provide a pragmatic summary review of the current imaging modalities, measurement protocols, and imaging parameters in the evaluation of paraspinal muscle fat infiltration (FI) in MRI studies. Methods Web of Science, EMBASE, and PubMed were searched from January 2005 to March 2020 to identify studies that examined the FI of paraspinal muscles on MRI among patients with lumbar degenerative diseases. Results Intramyocellular lipids measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy and FI measured by chemical‐shift MRI were both correlated to low back pain and several degenerative lumbar diseases, whereas results on the relationship between FI and degenerative lumbar pathologies using conventional MRI were conflicting. Multi‐segment measurement of FI at the lesion segment and adjacent segments could be a prognostic indicator for lumbar surgery. Most studies adopted the center of the intervertebral disc or endplate as the level of slice to evaluate the FI. Compared with visual semiquantitative assessment, quantitative parameters appeared to be precise for eliminating individual or modality differences. It has been demonstrated that fat CSA/total CSA (based on area) and muscle–fat index (based on signal intensity) as quantitative FI parameters are associated with multiple lumbar diseases and clinical outcomes after surgery. Conclusion Having a good command of the methodology of paraspinal muscle FI on MRI was effective for diagnosis and prognosis in clinical practice.
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- Gengyu Han
- Third Hospital Orthopaedics Department, Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Third Hospital Orthopaedics Department, Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Third Hospital Orthopaedics Department, Beijing Key Laboratory of Spinal Disease Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Xu Z, You W, Chen W, Zhou Y, Nong Q, Valencak TG, Wang Y, Shan T. Single-cell RNA sequencing and lipidomics reveal cell and lipid dynamics of fat infiltration in skeletal muscle. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2021; 12:109-129. [PMID: 33244879 PMCID: PMC7890272 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ageing is accompanied by sarcopenia and intramuscular fat (IMAT) infiltration. In skeletal muscle, fat infiltration is a common feature in several myopathies and is associated with muscular dysfunction and insulin resistance. However, the cellular origin and lipidomic and transcriptomic changes during fat infiltration in skeletal muscle remain unclear. METHODS In the current study, we generated a high IMAT-infiltrated skeletal muscle model by glycerol (GLY) injection. Single-cell RNA sequencing and lineage tracing were performed on GLY-injured skeletal muscle at 5 days post-injection (DPI) to identify the cell origins and dynamics. Lipidomics and RNA sequencing were performed on IMAT-infiltrated skeletal muscle at 14 DPI (or 17 DPI for the cold treatment) to analyse alterations of lipid compositions and gene expression levels. RESULTS We identified nine distinct major clusters including myeloid-derived cells (52.13%), fibroblast/fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) (23.24%), and skeletal muscle stem cells (2.02%) in GLY-injured skeletal muscle. Clustering and pseudotemporal trajectories revealed six subpopulations in fibroblast/FAPs and 10 subclusters in myeloid-derived cells. A subpopulation of myeloid-derived cells expressing adipocyte-enriched genes and Pdgfra- /Cd68+ cells displayed lipid droplets upon adipogenic induction, indicating their adipogenic potential. Lipidomic analysis revealed the changes of overall lipid classes composition (e.g. triglycerides (TAGs) increased by 19.3 times, P = 0.0098; sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol decreased by 83%, P = 0.0056) and in the distribution of lipids [e.g. TAGs (18:2/18:2/22:6) increased by 181.6 times, P = 0.021] between GLY-group and saline control. RNA-seq revealed 1847 up-regulated genes and 321 down-regulated genes and significant changes in lipid metabolism-related pathways (e.g. glycerolipid pathway and glycerophospholipid pathway) in our model of GLY-injured skeletal muscle. Notably, short-term cold exposure altered fatty acid composition (e.g. saturated fatty acid decreased by 6.4%, P = 0.058) in fat-infiltrated muscles through directly affecting lipid metabolism pathways including PI3K-AKT and MAPK signalling pathway. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that a subpopulation of myeloid-derived cells may contribute to IMAT infiltration. GLY-induced IMAT infiltration changed the lipid composition and gene expression profiles. Short-term cold exposure might regulate lipid metabolism and its related signalling pathways in fat-infiltrated muscle. Our study provides a comprehensive resource describing the molecular signature of fat infiltration in skeletal muscle.
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- Ziye Xu
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China.,Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China.,Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China.,Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China.,Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China.,Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China.,Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, China.,Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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Huang J, Shen J, Yang Q, Cheng Z, Chen X, Yu T, Zhong J, Su Y, Guo H, Liang B. Quantification of pancreatic iron overload and fat infiltration and their correlation with glucose disturbance in pediatric thalassemia major patients. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2021; 11:665-675. [PMID: 33532266 DOI: 10.21037/qims-20-292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Background Diabetes mellitus affects more than a quarter of patients with thalassemia major (TM) worldwide, and increases the risk for cardiac complications, contributing to significant morbidity. Pancreatic iron overload (IO) and fat infiltration have been correlated with this endocrinal complication in adult TM patients. It has been shown that in adult TM patients, iron accumulation and fat infiltration are found to be heterogeneous in the pancreatic head, body, and tail region. R2* and a fat fraction (FF) generated by gradient-echo imaging can be used as quantitative parameters to assess the iron and fat contents of the pancreas. This study aimed to determine the pattern of pancreatic iron accumulation and fat infiltration in pediatric TM patients with gradient-echo imaging and evaluate the association between pancreatic IO and fat infiltration and glucose disturbances. Methods A total of 90 children with TM (10.7±3.1 years) were included. All patients underwent pancreatic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using multi-echo gradient-echo sequences. IO was measured by R2* relaxometry in 90 patients, and FF values were measured using iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and the least-squares estimation (IDEAL) method in 40 patients. R2* and FF were assessed in the pancreatic head, body, and tail. The global R2* and global FF values were obtained by averaging the respective values from the pancreatic head, body, and tail. The correlations between global R2*, global FF, and fasting glucose were determined using Spearman's correlation analysis. The Friedman test was used to compare R2* and FF among different pancreatic regions. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to determine the performance of global R2* and global FF in discriminating impaired fasting glucose from normal fasting glucose patients. Results The global R2* was positively correlated with the global FF in the pancreas (r=0.895, P<0.001). No significant differences were found in R2* among the 3 regions of the pancreas (χ2=4.050, P=0.132), but significant differences were found in FF among the 3 pancreatic regions (χ2=16.350, P<0.001). Both global pancreatic R2* (r=0.408, P<0.001) and global FF (r=0.523, P=0.001) were positively correlated with fasting glucose. ROC analysis showed that global pancreatic R2* and global FF had an area under the curve of 0.769 and 0.931 (both P<0.001), respectively, in discriminating between impaired and normal glucose function patients. Conclusions Pediatric TM patients can have homogeneous iron siderosis and heterogeneous fat infiltration in the pancreas as measured by gradient-echo imaging, both of which are risk factors for diabetes.
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- Jingwen Huang
- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Habibi H, Takahashi S, Hoshino M, Takayama K, Sasaoka R, Tsujio T, Yasuda H, Kanematsu F, Kono H, Toyoda H, Ohyama S, Hori Y, Nakamura H. Impact of paravertebral muscle in thoracolumbar and lower lumbar regions on outcomes following osteoporotic vertebral fracture: a multicenter cohort study. Arch Osteoporos 2021; 16:2. [PMID: 33389230 DOI: 10.1007/s11657-020-00866-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED We investigated the effect of paravertebral muscle (PVM) on poor prognosis in osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF) and remaining lower back pain (LBP) in the thoracolumbar and lower lumbar regions. Additional OVF occurrence in the thoracolumbar and remaining LBP in the lumbar region was significantly related to PVM fat infiltration percentage. PURPOSE Paravertebral muscle (PVM) is an important component of the spinal column. However, its role in the healing process after osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF) is unclear. This study aimed to clarify the effect of PVM in thoracolumbar and lower lumbar regions on OVF clinical and radiological outcomes. METHODS This was a multicenter prospective cohort study from 2012 to 2015. Patients ≥ 65 years old who presented within 2 weeks after fracture onset were followed up for 6 months. PVM was measured at the upper edge of the L1 and L5 vertebral body in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2-axial position at registration. The cross-sectional area (CSA), relative CSA (rCSA), and fat infiltration percentage (FI%) were measured. Severe vertebral compression, delayed union, new OVF, and remaining low back pain (LBP) were analyzed. RESULTS Among 153 patients who were followed up for 6 months, 117 with measurable PVM were analyzed. Their average age was 79.1 ± 7.2 years, and 94 were women (80.3%). There were 48 cases of severe vertebral compression, 21 delayed unions, 11 new OVF, and 27 remaining LBP. Among all poor prognoses, only the FI% of the PVM was significantly associated with new OVF (p = 0.047) in the thoracolumbar region and remaining LBP (p = 0.042) in the lumbar region. CONCLUSION The occurrence of additional OVF in the thoracolumbar region and remaining LBP in the lumbar region was significantly related to the FI% of the PVM. Physicians should be aware that patients with such fatty degeneration shown in acute MRI may require stronger treatment.
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- Hasibullah Habibi
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seikeikai Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiraniwa Hospital, Ikoma, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ishikiri Seiki Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
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Chen W, Tian X, Chen L, Huang W. Macrodactyly of the foot resulting from plantar nerve impairment. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2020; 74:1840-1847. [PMID: 33384233 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The role of the plantar nerve in the pathogenesis of macrodactyly of the foot is unknown. We investigated the distribution of affected toes and forefoot in 27 feet of 26 patients with pedal macrodactyly, and how this relates to innervation of the affected plantar nerve. A preoperative ultrasound examination was performed to determine the diameter and structure of the plantar nerve. Histologic findings were recorded during surgery. The microstructure of affected plantar nerves was evaluated by hematoxylin-eosin staining, while S100 expression was assessed by immunofluorescence analysis. Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) gene mutation in the affected nerve tissue was detected by Sanger DNA sequencing. The affected toes and forefoot involved innervation of the medial plantar nerve in 25/27 feet, the lateral plantar nerve in one foot, and both medial and lateral plantar nerves in one foot. All affected plantar nerves, which were accompanied by a fatty strip, were surrounded by or infiltrated with fat. The affected plantar nerves showed enlargement, a tortuous course, fatty infiltration, or a combination of these. Pathologic changes in affected plantar nerves involved only the epineurium and not the perineurium or endoneurium. Expression of the Schwann cell marker S100 was absent in some areas of affected nerves. Sequencing of PIK3CA exons identified a gain-of-function mutation (p.His1047Arg) in affected plantar nerves. These results indicate that pathologic impairment of the plantar nerve can lead to macrodactyly of the foot, which may be considered as a nerve trunk disease.
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- Wei Chen
- Department of Joint Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Children's hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Children's hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Joint Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Belzunce MA, Henckel J, Fotiadou A, Di Laura A, Hart A. Automated measurement of fat infiltration in the hip abductors from Dixon magnetic resonance imaging. Magn Reson Imaging 2020; 72:61-70. [PMID: 32615150 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2020.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Intramuscular fat infiltration is a dynamic process, in response to exercise and muscle health, which can be quantified by estimating fat fraction (FF) from Dixon MRI. Healthy hip abductor muscles are a good indicator of a healthy hip and an active lifestyle as they have a fundamental role in walking. The automated measurement of the abductors' FF requires the challenging task of segmenting them. We aimed to design, develop and evaluate a multi-atlas based method for automated measurement of fat fraction in the main hip abductor muscles: gluteus maximus (GMAX), gluteus medius (GMED), gluteus minimus (GMIN) and tensor fasciae latae (TFL). METHOD We collected and manually segmented Dixon MR images of 10 healthy individuals and 7 patients who underwent MRI for hip problems. Twelve of them were selected to build an atlas library used to implement the automated multi-atlas segmentation method. We compared the FF in the hip abductor muscles for the automated and manual segmentations for both healthy and patients groups. Measures of average and spread were reported for FF for both methods. We used the root mean square error (RMSE) to quantify the method accuracy. A linear regression model was used to explain the relationship between FF for automated and manual segmentations. RESULTS The automated median (IQR) FF was 20.0(16.0-26.4) %, 14.3(10.9-16.5) %, 15.5(13.9-18.6) % and 16.2(13.5-25.6) % for GMAX, GMED, GMIN and TFL respectively, with a FF RMSE of 1.6%, 0.8%, 2.1%, 2.7%. A strong linear correlation (R2 = 0.93, p < .001, m = 0.99) was found between the FF from automated and manual segmentations. The mean FF was higher in patients than in healthy subjects. CONCLUSION The automated measurement of FF of hip abductor muscles from Dixon MRI had good agreement with FF measurements from manually segmented images. The method was accurate for both healthy and patients groups.
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- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore HA7 4LP, UK
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- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore HA7 4LP, UK
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- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore HA7 4LP, UK; Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, University College London, Stanmore HA7 4LP, UK
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Bhullar AS, Anoveros-Barrera A, Dunichand-Hoedl A, Martins K, Bigam D, Khadaroo RG, McMullen T, Bathe OF, Putman CT, Clandinin MT, Baracos VE, Mazurak VC. Lipid is heterogeneously distributed in muscle and associates with low radiodensity in cancer patients. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2020; 11:735-747. [PMID: 31989803 PMCID: PMC7296261 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Low muscle radiodensity is associated with mortality in a variety of cancer types. Biochemical and morphological correlates are unknown. We aimed to evaluate triglyceride (TG) content and location as a function of computed tomography (CT)-derived measures of skeletal muscle radiodensity in cancer patients. METHODS Rectus abdominis (RA) biopsies were collected during cancer surgery from 75 patients diagnosed with cancer. Thin-layer chromatography and gas chromatography were used for quantification of TG content of the muscle. Axial CT images of lumbar vertebra were used to measure muscle radiodensity. Oil Red O staining was used to determine the location of neutral lipids in frozen muscle sections. RESULTS There was wide variation in RA radiodensity in repeated measures (CV% ranged from 3 to 55% based on 10 serial images) as well as within one slice (CV% ranged from 6 to 61% based on 10 subregions). RA radiodensity and total lumbar muscle radiodensity were inversely associated with TG content of RA (r = -0.396, P < 0.001, and r = -0.355, P = 0.002, respectively). Of the total percentage area of muscle staining positive for neutral lipid, 54 ± 17% was present as extramyocellular lipids (range 23.5-77.8%) and 46 ± 17% (range 22.2-76.5%) present as intramyocellular lipid droplets. CONCLUSIONS Repeated measures revealed wide variation in radiodensity of RA muscle, both vertically and horizontally. Low muscle radiodensity reflects high level of TG in patients with cancer. Non-uniform distribution of intramyocellular and extramyocellular lipids was evident using light microscopy. These results warrant investigation of mechanisms resulting in lipid deposition in muscles of cancer patients.
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- Amritpal S Bhullar
- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Departments of Surgery and Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.,Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Fernández G, Arias-Bravo G, Bevilacqua JA, Castillo-Ruiz M, Caviedes P, Sáez JC, Cea LA. Myofibers deficient in connexins 43 and 45 expression protect mice from skeletal muscle and systemic dysfunction promoted by a dysferlin mutation. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2020; 1866:165800. [PMID: 32305450 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Dysferlinopathy is a genetic human disease caused by mutations in the gene that encodes the dysferlin protein (DYSF). Dysferlin is believed to play a relevant role in cell membrane repair. However, in dysferlin-deficient (blAJ) mice (a model of dysferlinopathies) the recovery of the membrane resealing function by means of the expression of a mini-dysferlin does not arrest progressive muscular damage, suggesting the participation of other unknown pathogenic mechanisms. Here, we show that proteins called connexins 39, 43 and 45 (Cx39, Cx43 and Cx45, respectively) are expressed by blAJ myofibers and form functional hemichannels (Cx HCs) in the sarcolemma. At rest, Cx HCs increased the sarcolemma permeability to small molecules and the intracellular Ca2+ signal. In addition, skeletal muscles of blAJ mice showed lipid accumulation and lack of dysferlin immunoreactivity. As sign of extensive damage and atrophy, muscles of blAJ mice presented elevated numbers of myofibers with internal nuclei, increased number of myofibers with reduced cross-sectional area and elevated creatine kinase activity in serum. In agreement with the extense muscle damage, mice also showed significantly low motor performance. We generated blAJ mice with myofibers deficient in Cx43 and Cx45 expression and found that all above muscle and systemic alterations were absent, indicating that these two Cxs play a critical role in a novel pathogenic mechanism of dysfernolophaties, which is discussed herein. Therefore, Cx HCs could constitute an attractive target for pharmacologic treatment of dyferlinopathies.
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Wang J, Cui C, Chim YN, Yao H, Shi L, Xu J, Wang J, Wong RMY, Leung KS, Chow SKH, Cheung WH. Vibration and β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate treatment suppresses intramuscular fat infiltration and adipogenic differentiation in sarcopenic mice. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2020; 11:564-577. [PMID: 31994349 PMCID: PMC7113529 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sarcopenia is an aging-induced deterioration of skeletal muscle mass and function. Low-magnitude high-frequency vibration (LMHFV) was shown to improve muscle functions and β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) to increase muscle mass and strength. Muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) are progenitor cells important for muscle regeneration. We hypothesized that LMHFV and HMB could retard sarcopenia by reducing fat infiltration through inhibiting adipogenesis in MDSCs. METHODS Senescence-accelerated mouse P8 male mice were randomized into control (CTL), HMB, LMHFV (VIB), and combined (COM) groups. Interventions started at age of month 7 and assessed at 1, 2, and 3 months post-intervention by densitometry, histology, and functional tests. In vitro, MDSCs isolated from gastrocnemius of senescence-accelerated mouse P8 mice were characterized, randomized into CTL, VIB, HMB, and COM groups, and assessed by oil red O staining, mRNA, and protein expression. RESULTS At 2 months post-intervention, percentage lean mass of HMB, VIB, and COM groups were significantly higher than CTL group. Twitch, tetanic, and specific tetanic forces of COM group were higher, while specific twitch force of both VIB and COM groups were higher. Grip strength of HMB, VIB, and COM groups were higher. Histologically, both VIB and COM groups presented lower oil red O area than CTL group. Type I muscle fibre in CTL group was higher than HMB, VIB, and COM groups. MDSC were detected in situ by immunofluorescence stain with stem cell antigen-1 signals confirmed with higher β-catenin expression in the COM group. The observations were also confirmed in vitro, MDSCs in the HMB, VIB, and COM groups presented lower adipogenesis vs. the CTL group. β-Catenin mRNA and protein expressions were lower in the CTL group while their relationship was further validated through β-catenin knock-down approach. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed that combined LMHFV and HMB interventions enhanced muscle strength and decreased percentage fat mass and intramuscular fat infiltration as compared with either treatment alone. Additive effect of LMHFV and HMB was demonstrated in β-catenin expression than either treatment in MDSCs and altered cell fate from adipogenesis to myogenesis, leading to inhibition of intramuscular lipid accumulation. Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway was found to be the predominant regulatory mechanism through which LMHFV and HMB combined treatment suppressed MDSCs adipogenesis.
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- Jinyu Wang
- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China.,The CUHK-ACC Space Medicine Centre on Health Maintenance of Musculoskeletal System, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, The People's Republic of China
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- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China.,The CUHK-ACC Space Medicine Centre on Health Maintenance of Musculoskeletal System, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, The People's Republic of China
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Yousuf Y, Datu A, Barnes B, Amini-Nik S, Jeschke MG. Metformin alleviates muscle wasting post-thermal injury by increasing Pax7-positive muscle progenitor cells. Stem Cell Res Ther 2020; 11:18. [PMID: 31915055 PMCID: PMC6950874 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-019-1480-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Profound skeletal muscle wasting and weakness is common after severe burn and persists for years after injury contributing to morbidity and mortality of burn patients. Currently, no ideal treatment exists to inhibit muscle catabolism. Metformin is an anti-diabetic agent that manages hyperglycemia but has also been shown to have a beneficial effect on stem cells after injury. We hypothesize that metformin administration will increase protein synthesis in the skeletal muscle by increasing the proliferation of muscle progenitor cells, thus mitigating muscle atrophy post-burn injury. METHODS To determine whether metformin can attenuate muscle catabolism following burn injury, we utilized a 30% total burn surface area (TBSA) full-thickness scald burn in mice and compared burn injuries with and without metformin treatment. We examined the gastrocnemius muscle at 7 and 14 days post-burn injury. RESULTS At 7 days, burn injury significantly reduced myofiber cross-sectional area (CSA) compared to sham, p < 0.05. Metformin treatment significantly attenuated muscle catabolism and preserved muscle CSA at the sham size. To investigate metformin's effect on satellite cells (muscle progenitors), we examined changes in Pax7, a transcription factor regulating the proliferation of muscle progenitors. Burned animals treated with metformin had a significant increase in Pax7 protein level and the number of Pax7-positive cells at 7 days post-burn, p < 0.05. Moreover, through BrdU proliferation assay, we show that metformin treatment increased the proliferation of satellite cells at 7 days post-burn injury, p < 0.05. CONCLUSION In summary, metformin's various metabolic effects and its modulation of stem cells make it an attractive alternative to mitigate burn-induced muscle wasting while also managing hyperglycemia.
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- Yusef Yousuf
- Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Ave., Rm. D704, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Ave., Rm. D704, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Ave., Rm. D704, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Ave., Rm. D704, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. .,Laboratory in Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. .,Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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- Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Ave., Rm. D704, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. .,Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. .,Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada. .,Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Ranzini MBM, Henckel J, Ebner M, Cardoso MJ, Isaac A, Vercauteren T, Ourselin S, Hart A, Modat M. Automated postoperative muscle assessment of hip arthroplasty patients using multimodal imaging joint segmentation. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2020; 183:105062. [PMID: 31522089 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2019.105062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE In patients treated with hip arthroplasty, the muscular condition and presence of inflammatory reactions are assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). As MRI lacks contrast for bony structures, computed tomography (CT) is preferred for clinical evaluation of bone tissue and orthopaedic surgical planning. Combining the complementary information of MRI and CT could improve current clinical practice for diagnosis, monitoring and treatment planning. In particular, the different contrast of these modalities could help better quantify the presence of fatty infiltration to characterise muscular condition and assess implant failure. In this work, we combine CT and MRI for joint bone and muscle segmentation and we propose a novel Intramuscular Fat Fraction estimation method for the quantification of muscle atrophy. METHODS Our multimodal framework is able to segment healthy and pathological musculoskeletal structures as well as implants, and develops into three steps. First, input images are pre-processed to improve the low quality of clinically acquired images and to reduce the noise associated with metal artefact. Subsequently, CT and MRI are non-linearly aligned using a novel approach which imposes rigidity constraints on bony structures to ensure realistic deformation. Finally, taking advantage of a multimodal atlas we created for this task, a multi-atlas based segmentation delineates pelvic bones, abductor muscles and implants on both modalities jointly. From the obtained segmentation, a multimodal estimation of the Intramuscular Fat Fraction can be automatically derived. RESULTS Evaluation of the segmentation in a leave-one-out cross-validation study on 22 hip sides resulted in an average Dice score of 0.90 for skeletal and 0.84 for muscular structures. Our multimodal Intramuscular Fat Fraction was benchmarked on 27 different cases against a standard radiological score, showing stronger association than a single modality approach in a one-way ANOVA F-test analysis. CONCLUSIONS The proposed framework represents a promising tool to support image analysis in hip arthroplasty, being robust to the presence of implants and associated image artefacts. By allowing for the automated extraction of a muscle atrophy imaging biomarker, it could quantitatively inform the decision-making process about patient's management.
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- Marta B M Ranzini
- Centre for Medical Imaging Computing, University College London, London, UK; School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
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- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Centre for Medical Imaging Computing, University College London, London, UK; School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Radiology Department, Guys & St Thomas Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Kassem H, Urits I, Hasoon J, Kaye AD, Chesteen G, Viswanath O. Images in Practice: Multifidus Muscle Dysfunction Characterized by Fat Infiltration in a Patient with Chronic Lumbar Back Pain. Pain Ther 2020; 9:341-3. [PMID: 31883059 DOI: 10.1007/s40122-019-00141-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Lorbergs AL, Allaire BT, Yang L, Kiel DP, Cupples LA, Jarraya M, Guermazi A, Travison TG, Bouxsein ML, Anderson DE, Samelson EJ. A Longitudinal Study of Trunk Muscle Properties and Severity of Thoracic Kyphosis in Women and Men: The Framingham Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2019; 74:420-427. [PMID: 29688268 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gly056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cross-sectional studies suggest that trunk muscle morphology in the lumbar spine is an important determinant of kyphosis severity in older adults. The contribution of age-related changes in muscle morphology in the thoracic and lumbar spine to progression of kyphosis is not known. Our objective was to determine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of thoracic and lumbar muscle size and density with kyphosis. METHODS Participants were 1,087 women and men (mean age: 61 years) of the Framingham Heart Study who underwent baseline and follow-up quantitative computed tomography (QCT) scanning 6 years apart. We used QCT scans to measure trunk muscle cross-sectional area (CSA, cm2) and density (HU) at the thoracic and lumbar spine and Cobb angle (degrees) from T4 to T12. Linear regression models estimated the association between muscle morphology and kyphosis. RESULTS At baseline, smaller muscle CSA and lower density of thoracic (but not lumbar) spine muscles were associated with a larger (worse) Cobb angle in women and men. For example, each standard deviation decrease in baseline thoracic paraspinal muscle CSA was associated with a larger baseline Cobb angle in women (3.7 degrees, 95% CI: 2.9, 4.5) and men (2.5 degrees, 95% CI: 1.6, 3.3). Longitudinal analyses showed that loss of muscle CSA and density at the thoracic and lumbar spine was not associated with progression of kyphosis. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that kyphosis severity is related to smaller and lower density trunk muscles at the thoracic spine. Future studies are needed to determine how strengthening mid-back musculature alters muscle properties and contributes to preventing kyphosis progression.
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- Amanda L Lorbergs
- Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts
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- Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Liu Y, Liu Y, Hai Y, Liu T, Guan L, Chen X. Fat Infiltration in the Multifidus Muscle as a Predictor of Prognosis After Decompression and Fusion in Patients with Single-Segment Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: An Ambispective Cohort Study Based on Propensity Score Matching. World Neurosurg 2019; 128:e989-e1001. [PMID: 31100519 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether fat infiltration in the multifidus muscle would predict surgical prognosis in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS). METHODS This ambispective cohort study enrolled 118 consecutive patients undergoing surgery for L4-5 single-segment DLSS. Fat infiltration rate (FIR) on magnetic resonance images of the multifidus muscle at L5-S1 were measured using ImageJ software. The enrolled patients were divided into FIR <25% and FIR ≥25% groups according to their FIR of the multifidus muscle at L5-S1. The 2 groups of patients who finished follow-up were further matched for the baseline covariates based on propensity scores. Patients' reported outcomes including the visual analog scale score for back pain and leg pain, and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score were compared between groups at follow-up and further adjusted using generalized linear models. RESULTS Patients in the FIR <25% group showed statistically significantly greater reduction in ODI at 6 and 18 months after surgery than did patients in the FIR ≥25% group in either cohort regardless of adjustment; however, the 2-point between-group difference was smaller than the predefined minimum clinically important difference. In addition, more patients in the FIR <25% group achieved clinically significant improvement in ODI than those in the FIR ≥25% group in either complete cohort or matching cohort (63.8% vs. 21.1%, P < 0.001; 70.3% vs. 24.1%, P < 0.001, respectively) before and after adjustment (63.3% vs. 27.8%, P < 0.001; 69.1% vs. 31.0%, P < 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Fat infiltration in multifidus muscle at L5-S1 could be a potential predictor of functional improvement after surgery in patients with L4-5 single-segment DLSS.
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Engelke K, Museyko O, Wang L, Laredo JD. Quantitative analysis of skeletal muscle by computed tomography imaging-State of the art. J Orthop Translat 2018; 15:91-103. [PMID: 30533385 PMCID: PMC6260391 DOI: 10.1016/j.jot.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The radiological assessment of muscle properties-size, mass, density (also termed radiodensity), composition, and adipose tissue infiltration-is fundamental in muscle diseases. More recently, it also became obvious that muscle atrophy, also termed muscle wasting, is caused by or associated with many other diseases or conditions, such as inactivity, malnutrition, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, cancer-associated cachexia, diabetes, renal and cardiac failure, and sarcopenia and even potentially with osteoporotic hip fracture. Several techniques have been developed to quantify muscle morphology and function. This review is dedicated to quantitative computed tomography (CT) of skeletal muscle and only includes a brief comparison with magnetic resonance imaging. Strengths and limitations of CT techniques are discussed in detail, including CT scanner calibration, acquisition and reconstruction protocols, and the various quantitative parameters that can be measured with CT, starting from simple volume measures to advanced parameters describing the adipose tissue distribution within muscle. Finally, the use of CT in sarcopenia and cachexia and the relevance of muscle parameters for the assessment of osteoporotic fracture illustrate the application of CT in two emerging areas of medical interest.
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Affiliation(s)
- Klaus Engelke
- FAU, Department of Medicine 3, University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany
- Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Medical Physics, Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Medical Physics, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China
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- AP-HP, Department of Radiology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris & Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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