Muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging and acute low back pain: a pilot study to characterize lumbar muscle activity asymmetries and examine the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment

C. Clark, Brian; Walkowski, Stevan; R. Conatser, Robert; C. Eland, David; N. Howell, John

doi:10.1186/1750-4732-3-7

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Muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging and acute low back pain: a pilot study to characterize lumbar muscle activity asymmetries and examine the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment

Published in Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care • Jan 1, 2009

Authors:

Brian C. Clark

Stevan Walkowski

Robert R. Conatser

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging (mfMRI) measures transverse relaxation time (T2), and allows for determination of the spatial pattern of muscle activation. The purposes of this pilot study were to examine whether MRI-derived T2 or side-to-side differences in T2 (asymmetries)...

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Medicine

Magnetic resonance imaging

Longissimus Thoracis

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