AnalyzeDirect Suzanne J Snodgrass et al. Greater muscle fat infiltrate in the cervical spine extensor muscles in individuals with chronic idiopathic neck pain compared to matched asymptomatic controls: a cross-sectional study Research Square.
Publication Date
May 19, 2022
How Analyze was Used
“Two blinded researchers who did not participate in data collection contoured muscle borders in Analyze Pro (Analyze Direct, Inc., Overland Park, KS, USA) to quantify muscle volume and subsequently relative volume and MFI from MRI…Muscle volume was quantified by manually tracing the fascial boundary of selected neck muscles using a computer mouse on every second MRI slice collected, with automated interpolation of the remaining slices performed in Analyze Pro (Analyze Pro 1.0, AnalyzeDirect Inc., Overland Park, KS, USA). Interpolation accuracy was checked by visual examination of all slices and three-dimensional models. Errors were recontoured manually as necessary.”
Keywords
Neck muscles, Muscle, Skeletal, Neck pain, Musculoskeletal pain, Chronic pain
Author Affiliation(s)
The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
