The role of muscle degeneration and spinal balance in the pathophysiology of lumbar spinal stenosis: Study protocol of a translational approach combining in vivo biomechanical experiments with clinical and radiological parameters

• David Koch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: david.koch@unibas.ch

  Affiliations Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2316-9496

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• Corina Nüesch,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-9536

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• Dominika Ignasiak,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8557-0245

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• Soheila Aghlmandi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Alice Caimi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Guido Perrot,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Friederike Prüfer,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Radiology, University Children’s Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Dorothee Harder,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Francesco Santini,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Stefan Schären,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Stephen Ferguson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Annegret Mündermann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6472-1689

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• Cordula Netzer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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