| AP | anterior-posterior direction |
| BMI | body mass index |
| CSA | cross-sectional area |
| CSE-MRI | chemical shift encoding-based water-fat magnetic resonance imaging |
| DTI | diffusion tensor imaging |
| ES | erector spinae muscle |
| FOV | field of view |
| GLCM | gray-level co-occurrence matrix |
| IPACQ-SF | International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short-Form |
| L2 | second lumbar vertebra |
| L5 | fifth lumbar vertebra |
| LSS | lumbar spinal stenosis |
| LR | left-right direction |
| MFI | muscle fat infiltration |
| MITK | Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MRS | magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| MVIC | maximum voluntary isometric contraction |
| MVICext/flex, | MVIC of extension |
| MVICext/flex, | MVIC of flexion |
| [Nm] | newton meter |
| PDFF | proton density fat fraction |
| PDFFES | PDFF of erector spinae muscles |
| PDFFPS | PDFF of psoas muscles |
| PS | psoas muscle |
| r | Pearson correlation coefficient |
| R2adj | adjusted coefficient of determination |
| ROI | region of interest |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SENSE | sensitivity encoding |
| SI | superior-inferior direction |
| T | Tesla |
| T1 | longitudinal relaxation time |
| T2 | transverse relaxation time |
| T2* | effective transverse relaxation time |
| TA | texture analysis |
| TE | echo time |
| ΔTE | echo time step |
| TR | repetition time |