… age on atrophic changes in lumbar spine musculature. We hypothesize that muscle size and
quality will decline with age, … be more pronounced in patients with lumbar spine pathology. …

… of localized spinal pathology, similar to rotator cuff pathology [7]… describe an age-related
increase in fatty infiltration and a … the role of spinal degeneration on paraspinal muscles …

… pathological changes in the lumbar spine accounted for the increase of muscle fat infiltration,
rather than the atrophy of paraspinal … the important role of BMI in muscle capacity. Although …

… a distinct separation of the upper and lower lumbar spines for those aged late thirties to late
sixties in both … We provide novel contributions in describing the spatial distribution of FI in the …

… of change represents a valuable contribution to the literature to … paraspinal muscle
cross-sectional area in healthy adults questions its value as a marker of low back pain and pathology…

… Contribution … -pathologic degenerative changes of the paraspinal muscles in individuals
without … of the effect of body fat level on intramuscular fat infiltration in the present study. …

… Spinal pathologies known to be more frequent at these … an increase in fatty infiltration of
the back muscles may further … in age-matched healthy controls to elucidate the role of muscle …

… The diagnostic cutoff values for pathologic paraspinal muscle atrophy in the Chinese population
… Our observation would contribute to the difficulty in estimating the age-related decline in …

… Several studies suggest that fatty infiltration is higher in women, increases with aging and
seems to be … However, the role of muscle atrophy in the outcome of patients with symptomatic …

… age on change to FI within the lumbar paravertebral muscles… to indicate that ethnicity may
also play a role. As such, and in … to isolate the age at which lumbar spinal muscle tissues first …