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Table 3 Comparison of preoperative paraspinal muscle parameters between group A and B

From: Predictors for the restoration of the sagittal spinal malalignment in patients with lumbar stenosis after short-segment decompression and fusion surgery

 

Group A (n = 44)

Group B (n = 38)

p value

tCSA (cm2)

39.89 ± 5.45

47.57 ± 8.41

 < 0.001a

fCSA (cm2)

28.73 ± 4.23

36.94 ± 7.81

 < 0.001a

rCSA

2.78 ± 0.52

3.11 ± 0.63

0.013a

FI (%)

27.16 ± 5.58

22.61 ± 5.81

0.001a

  1. tCSA Total cross-sectional area, fCSA Functional cross-sectional area, rCSA Ratio of fCSA to the corresponding lumbar cross-sectional area, FI Fatty infiltration;
  2. aStatistical significance at the level of 0.05
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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