Publications

Table of contents

1. 2025
2. 2024
3. 2023
4. 2022
5. 2021
6. 2020
7. 2019
8. 2017

2025

• Masnoon N, Cornwall J, Elliott JM, Glare P, Hilmer SN, McKay M, Walton DM, Weber K, Wesselink E. Muscle Composition as a Novel Prognostic Tool for Pain, Frailty, and Sarcopenia. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2025.08.012
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• Wesselink EO, Verheijen E, Djuric N, Coppieters M, Elliott J, Weber KA 2nd, Wouter M, Vleggeert-Lankamp C, Pool-Goudzwaard A. Lumbar Multifidus Intramuscular Fat Concentrations are Associated With Recovery Following Decompressive Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Spine, In Press.
  https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005408
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• Smith AC, Muñoz Laguna J, Wesselink EO, Scott ZE, Jenkins H, Thornton W, Wasielewski M, Connor J, Delp S, Chaudhari A, Parrish TB, Mackey S, Elliott JM, Weber II KA. Leg Muscle Volume, Intramuscular Fat, and Force Generation: Insights from a Computer Vision Model and Fat-Water MRI. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 2025;16(1):e13735.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13735
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• Kim B, Gandomkar Z, McKay MJ, Seitz AL, Wesselink EO, Cass B, Young AA, Linklater JM, Szajer J, Subbiah K, Elliott JM, Weber KA 2nd. Developing a 3D CNN for full-volume auto-segmentation of shoulder Dixon MRI. J Shoulder Elbow Surg, In Press.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2024.12.033
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• Weber KA 2nd, Wesselink EO, Gutierrez J, Law CSW, Mackey S, Ratliff J, Hu S, Chaudhari AS, Pool-Goudzwaard A, Coppieters MW, Elliott JM, Hancock M, De Leener B. Three-dimensional spatial distribution of lumbar paraspinal intramuscular fat revealed by spatial parametric mapping. Eur Spine J. 2025;34(1):27–35.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-024-08559-1
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• Wesselink EO, Hides J, Elliott JM, Hoggarth M, Weber KA 2nd, Salomoni SE, Tran V, Lindsay K, Hughes L, Weber T, Scott J, Hodges PW, Caplan N, De Martino E. New insights into the impact of bed rest on lumbopelvic muscles: A computer-vision model approach. J Appl Physiol, 2025;138(1):157–168.
  https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00502.2024
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2024

• Stewart C, Wesselink EO, Perraton Z, Weber KA 2nd, King MG, Kemp JL, Mentiplay BF, Crossley KM, Elliott JM, Heerey JJ, Scholes MJ, Lawrenson PR, Calabrese C, Semciw AI. Muscle Fat and Volume Differences in People With Hip-Related Pain Compared With Controls: A Machine Learning Approach. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 2024;15(6):2642–2650.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13608
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• McKay MJ, Weber KA 2nd, Wesselink EO, Smith ZA, Abbott R, Anderson DB, Ashton-James CE, Atyeo J, Beach AJ, Burns J, Clarke S, Collins NJ, Coppieters MW, Cornwall J, Crawford RJ, De Martino E, Dunn AG, Eyles JP, Feng HJ, Fortin M, Franettovich Smith MM, etc. MuscleMap: An Open-Source, Community-Supported Consortium for Whole-Body Quantitative MRI of Muscle. J Imaging. 2024;10(11):262.
  https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging10110262
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• Wesselink EO, Pool-Goudzwaard A, De Leener B, Law CSW, Fenyo MB, Ello GM, Coppieters MW, Elliott JM, Mackey S, Weber KA 2nd. Investigating the associations between lumbar paraspinal muscle health and age, BMI, sex, physical activity, and back pain using an automated computer-vision model: a UK Biobank study. Spine J. 2024;24(7):1253–1266.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2024.02.013
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• Wesselink EO, Elliott JM, Pool-Goudzwaard A, Coppieters MW, Pevenage PP, Di Ieva A, Weber II KA. Quantifying lumbar paraspinal intramuscular fat: accuracy and reliability of automated thresholding models. N Am Spine Soc J. 2024;17:100313.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2024.100313
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• Perraton Z, Mosler AB, Lawrenson PR, Weber II KA, Elliott JM, Wesselink EO, Crossley KM, Kemp JL, Stewart C, Girdwood M, King MG, etc. The association between lateral hip muscle size/intramuscular fat infiltration and hip strength in active young adults with long-standing hip/groin pain. Phys Ther Sport. 2024;65:95–101.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.11.007
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• Snodgrass SJ, Weber KA 2nd, Wesselink EO, Stanwell P, Elliott JM. Reduced Cervical Muscle Fat Infiltrate Is Associated with Self-Reported Recovery from Chronic Idiopathic Neck Pain Over Six Months. J Clin Med. 2024;13(15):4485.
  https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13154485
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2023

• Wesselink EO, Pool JJM, Mollema J, Weber KA 2nd, Elliott JM, Coppieters MW, Pool-Goudzwaard AL. Is fatty infiltration in paraspinal muscles reversible with exercise in people with low back pain? A systematic review. Eur Spine J. 2023;32(3):787–796.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-022-07471-w
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2022

• Wesselink EO, Elliott JM, Coppieters MW, Hancock MJ, Cronin B, Pool-Goudzwaard A, Weber II KA. Convolutional neural networks for automatic segmentation of lumbar paraspinal muscles in people with low back pain. Sci Rep. 2022;12:13485.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16710-5
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• Bodkin SG, Smith AC, Bergman BC, Huo D, Weber KA, Zarini S, Kahn D, Garfield A, Macias E, Harris-Love MO. Mid-thigh MRI to predict lean body mass and knee extensor strength in obese adults. Front Rehabil Sci. 2022;3:808538.
  https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.808538
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• Snodgrass SJ, Stanwell P, Weber KA, Shepherd S, Kennedy O, Thompson HJ, Elliott JM. Greater muscle volume and muscle fat infiltrate in the deep cervical spine extensor muscles in chronic idiopathic neck pain. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022;23:973.
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05924-3
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• Franettovich Smith MM, Collins NJ, Mellor R, Grimaldi A, Elliott J, Hoggarth M, Weber II KA, Vicenzino B. Improving intrinsic foot muscle morphology and composition measurement with 7T MRI. J Biomech. 2022;140:111164.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111164
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• Perraton Z, Lawrenson P, Mosler AB, Elliott JM, Weber KA 2nd, Flack NA, Cornwall J, Crawford RJ, Stewart C, Semciw AI. Towards defining muscular regions of interest from axial MRI with anatomical cross-reference: a scoping review of lateral hip musculature. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022;23:533.
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05439-x
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2021

• Paliwal M, Weber KA 2nd, Smith AC, Elliott JM, Muhammad F, Dahdaleh NS, Bodurka J, Dhaher Y, Parrish TB, Mackey S, Smith ZA. Fatty infiltration in cervical flexors and extensors in degenerative cervical myelopathy. PLoS One. 2021;16:e0253863.
  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253863
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• Weber KA 2nd, Abbott R, Bojilov V, Smith AC, Wasielewski M, Hastie TJ, Parrish TB, Mackey S, Elliott JM. Multi-muscle deep learning segmentation for automated quantification of cervical muscle IMF. Sci Rep. 2021;11:16567.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95972-x
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2020

• Elliott JM, Smith AC, Hoggarth MA, Albin SR, Weber KA, Haager M, Fundaun J, Wasielewski M, Courtney DM, Parrish TB. Muscle fat infiltration following whiplash: CT vs MRI comparison. PLoS One. 2020;15:e0234061.
  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234061
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• Franettovich Smith MM, Collins NJ, Mellor R, Grimaldi A, Elliott J, Hoggarth M, Weber II KA, Vicenzino B. Foot exercise plus education versus wait-and-see for plantar heel pain (FEET trial): protocol for a feasibility study. J Foot Ankle Res. 2020;13:20.
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-020-00384-1
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2019

• Weber KA, Smith AC, Wasielewski M, Eghtesad K, Upadhyayula PA, Wintermark M, Hastie TJ, Parrish TB, Mackey S, Elliott JM. Deep learning CNNs for automatic quantification of muscle fat infiltration following whiplash injury. Sci Rep. 2019;9:7973.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44416-8
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2017

• Smith AC, Weber KA, Parrish TB, Hornby TG, Tysseling VM, McPherson JG, Wasielewski M, Elliott JM. Ambulatory function in motor incomplete spinal cord injury: MRI of spinal cord edema and lower-extremity muscle morphometry. Spinal Cord. 2017;55:672–678.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.2017.18
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