"Paraspinal Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Deep muscles in the BACK whose function is to extend and rotate the SPINE and maintain POSTURE. It consists splenius, semispinalis, multifidus, rotatores, interspinales, intertransversarii and sacrospinalis.
| Descriptor ID |
D064170
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.175.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Paraspinal Muscles- Paraspinal Muscles
- Muscle, Paraspinal
- Muscles, Paraspinal
- Paraspinal Muscle
- Deep Muscles of the Back
- Intrinsic Muscles of the Back
Sacrospinalis Iliocostalis- Sacrospinalis Iliocostalis
- Iliocostali, Sacrospinalis
- Iliocostalis, Sacrospinalis
- Sacrospinalis Iliocostali
- Sacrospinalis Longissimus
- Longissimus, Sacrospinalis
- Sacrospinalis Spinalis
- Sacrospinalis Spinali
- Spinali, Sacrospinalis
- Spinalis, Sacrospinalis
Intertransversales- Intertransversales
- Intertransversale
- Intertransversarii
- Intertransversarius
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| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paraspinal Muscles" by people in Profiles.
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Lower Hounsfield Units and Severe Multifidus Sarcopenia Are Independent Predictors of Increased Risk for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Failure Following Thoracolumbar Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Feb 15; 48(4):223-231.
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Semispinalis Cervicis Sarcopenia is Associated With Worsening Cervical Sagittal Balance and Junctional Alignment Following Posterior Cervical Fusion for Myelopathy. Clin Spine Surg. 2023 08 01; 36(7):E288-E293.
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Multifidus Sarcopenia Is Associated With Worse Patient-reported Outcomes Following Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2022 10 15; 47(20):1426-1434.
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Cervical Paraspinal Muscle Fatty Degeneration Is Not Associated with Muscle Cross-sectional Area: Qualitative Assessment Is Preferable for Cervical Sarcopenia. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2021 Apr 01; 479(4):726-732.
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Postoperative lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Mar 29; 14(3).