Research progress on paraspinal muscles' changes in lumbar disorders and after posterior lumbar surgery / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

There are many reasons which can lead to lumbar disorders, such as intervetebral disc, vertebral body, facet joint, nerve, tendon, paraspinal muscle and so on. However there are many studies focus on the structures of intervertebral disc and vertebral body, while researches on paraspinal muscle are relatively few. In fact, the paraspinal muscle plays an important role in maintaining the stability of the lumbar spine. In recent years, the paraspinal muscle have been examined from morphology, electrophysiology, physical experiment, biopsy and so on, hoping to find out some myogenic factors of lumbar disorders, and to provide reference for improving the prognosis of lumbar posterior surgery. This article reviews the research progress on paraspinal muscles' changes in lumbar disorders and after posterior lumbar surgery.