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Mean transverse area was measured for the lumbar multifidus and sacrocaudalis dorsalis lateralis muscles bilaterally and the<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L7<\/jats:styled-content>vertebral body at the level of the caudal endplate. Transverse areas of both muscle groups relative to<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L7<\/jats:styled-content>and asymmetry indices were compared between study populations using independent<jats:italic><jats:bold>t<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic>tests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mean muscle\u2010to\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L7<\/jats:styled-content>transverse area ratios were significantly smaller in the degenerative lumbosacral stenosis group compared with those in the control group in both lumbar multifidus (0\u00b784 \u00b10\u00b726<jats:italic><jats:bold>versus<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic>1\u00b709 \u00b10\u00b725; P=0\u00b7027) and sacrocaudalis dorsalis lateralis (0\u00b75\u2009\u00b10\u00b715<jats:italic><jats:bold>versus<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic>0\u00b768 \u00b10\u00b712; P=0\u00b7005) muscles. Mean asymmetry indices were higher for both muscles in the group with degenerative lumbosacral stenosis than in the control group, but highly variable and the difference was not statistically significant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings suggest that dogs with degenerative lumbosacral stenosis have decreased lumbar paraspinal muscle mass that may be a cause or consequence of the \u2010syndrome. 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