Abstract #5068

Assessment for Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Activation Before and After Exercises Using BOLD and T2-Mapping Imaging

Bo He¹, Yilong Huang¹, Jialong Zhou¹, Wei Zhao¹, Dan Han¹, and Weibo Chen²

¹Department of Medical Imaging,the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University Yunnan, Kunming, China, ²Philips Healthcare, Shanghai, China

BOLD and T2-mapping might serve as noninvasive methods to evaluate the muscle activation of paraspinal muscles, thus providing deeper insights into muscle physiology. This has made possible the evaluation of the efficacy of early clinical exercise therapy for patients with lower-back pain.

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