Novel lateral whole‐body dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry of lumbar paraspinal muscle mass: results from the SarcoSpine study

• Main Authors: Sang Yoon Lee (Author), Dong Hyun Kim (Author), Sang Joon Park (Author), Jinhee Park (Author), Sun Gun Chung (Author), Jae‐Young Lim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Here, we aimed to propose novel lateral whole‐body dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (lateral DXA) as a simple tool for measuring spinal muscle mass and investigate the feasibility of lateral DXA to measure lumbar paraspinal muscle (LPM) mass compared with lumbosacral spine three‐...