CT measurement of trunk muscle areas in patients with chronic low back pain.

The objective of this study was to determine the cross-sectional area changes of the paraspinal, isolated multifidus, quadratus lumborum, psoas, and the gluteus maximus muscles with CT in patients with chronic low back pain.In this study, we evaluated 36 patients with chronic low back pain and 34 healthy volunteers. The mean age of the patients was 43.2 +/- 6.9 years (range, 30- 58 years) and the mean age of control group was 44.4 +/- 6.9 years...