Establishing Normative Values for Entire Spinal Cord Morphometrics in East Asian Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The quantitative assessment of spinal cord volume is still in the early stages of development. Recently, normative morphometric values of the cervical spinal cord have been reported. This study aimed to establish normative values for spinal cord morphometry, extending beyond the cervical region to include the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord, and to examine the influence of sex and ethnicity on these measurements.

Materials and methods

This prospective study included 28 young, healthy, East Asian volunteers (14 males and 14 females; mean age, 30.14 ± 4.07 years) who underwent spinal cord MRI using a 3T scanner. The cross-sectional areas (CSAs), anteroposterior (AP) and transverse diameters, and compression ratios of the entire spinal cord were calculated. Additional

SUBMITTER: Joo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11794285 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature