Modic changes

1. Modic changes are associated with paraspinal muscle cross-sectional area in humans (p < 0.05).

   “Modic Type II changes were the most common and correlated with lower paraspinal CSA and greater LF thickness (p < 0.05).”

   Humansmechanical low back painparaspinal musclen = 351

   MRI correlation between paraspinal muscle Atrophy, Age, and degenerative lumbar spine changes in low back pain patients

   European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society·11 Dec 2025

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