Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2726
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Change in fatty infiltration of lumbar multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles in asymptomatic adults of Asian or Caucasian ethnicities
Authors: Crawford, Rebecca
Elliott, James Matthew
Volken, Thomas
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-2726
10.1007/s00586-017-5212-6
Published in: European Spine Journal
Volume(Issue): 26
Issue: 12
Page(s): 3059
Pages to: 3067
Issue Date: Dec-2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Springer
ISSN: 0940-6719
1432-0932
Language: German
Subjects: Lumbar spine; Erector spinae; Fatty infiltration; Multifidus
Subject (DDC): 571: Physiology and related subjects
617.5: Orthopaedic surgery
Abstract: Purpose: Fatty infiltration (FI) is a feature of degenerating muscle that predominates in the low lumbar spine, associates with pain, and is confounded by age, spinal degeneration and curvature. We determined rates for decline of lumbar muscle quality according to ethnicity, muscle, and spinal level in asymptomatic subjects. Methods: Cross-sectional simulation study assessing aggregated data; 650 Asians aged 20-89 years versus 80 Caucasians aged 20-62 years. Change in lumbar multifidus, erector spinae (ES), and psoas fat content were computed using synthetic data and Monte Carlo simulations. General linear regression models and multivariate adaptive regression splines enabled estimation of yearly decline rates (with 95% confidence intervals (CI)). Results: ES at L1-5 (total) shows steeply reduced density (rate; CI) for Asians in older (>53.3yrs) adulthood (-0.32; -0.27 to -0.36/yr). For Asians, multifidus (-0.18; -0.15 to -0.20/yr) and psoas (-0.04; -0.03 to -0.06/year) also decline, while ES in younger ≤53.3yrs) adults does not (0.06; 0.01-0.12/yr). Caucasian multifidus declines (increasing FI% rate; CI) insignificantly faster (L1-5; 0.23; 0.10-0.36%/yr) than ES (0.13; 0.04-0.22%/yr). Multifidus decline does not differ between ethnicities. ES in older Asians generally declines fastest across ethnicities and muscles, and particularly in the low lumbar levels. Low lumbar levels show higher rates of decline in Asians, with mixed level-dependencies apparent in Caucasians. Conclusions: Decline in lumbar muscle composition may differ between ethnicities and muscles. ES and low lumbar levels appear increasingly susceptible in Asians. Longitudinal studies examining rate of change to muscle composition may provide distinction between spinal conditions.
Further description: Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch)
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/9975
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Restricted until: 2022-12-01
Departement: School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit: Institute of Public Health (IPH)
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Crawford, R., Elliott, J. M., & Volken, T. (2017). Change in fatty infiltration of lumbar multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles in asymptomatic adults of Asian or Caucasian ethnicities. European Spine Journal, 26(12), 3059–3067. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2726
Crawford, R., Elliott, J.M. and Volken, T. (2017) ‘Change in fatty infiltration of lumbar multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles in asymptomatic adults of Asian or Caucasian ethnicities’, European Spine Journal, 26(12), pp. 3059–3067. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2726.
R. Crawford, J. M. Elliott, and T. Volken, “Change in fatty infiltration of lumbar multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles in asymptomatic adults of Asian or Caucasian ethnicities,” European Spine Journal, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 3059–3067, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2726.
CRAWFORD, Rebecca, James Matthew ELLIOTT und Thomas VOLKEN, 2017. Change in fatty infiltration of lumbar multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles in asymptomatic adults of Asian or Caucasian ethnicities. European Spine Journal. Dezember 2017. Bd. 26, Nr. 12, S. 3059–3067. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-2726
Crawford, Rebecca, James Matthew Elliott, and Thomas Volken. 2017. “Change in fatty infiltration of lumbar multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles in asymptomatic adults of Asian or Caucasian ethnicities.” European Spine Journal 26 (12): 3059–67. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2726.
Crawford, Rebecca, et al. “Change in fatty infiltration of lumbar multifidus, erector spinae, and psoas muscles in asymptomatic adults of Asian or Caucasian ethnicities.” European Spine Journal, vol. 26, no. 12, Dec. 2017, pp. 3059–67, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2726.


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