Differential Sensitization of Muscle versus Fascia in Individuals with Low Back Pain
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design and Oversight
2.2. Participants Recruitment and Clinical Evaluation
2.3. Ultrasound-Guided Dry Needling of the Muscle, Fascia and Skin
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Participant Baseline Characteristics
3.2. Evoked Pain and Twitch Response on Stimulation of the Deep Fascia, Muscle and Subcutaneous Tissues
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest statement
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Healthy Controls (20) | Acute Pain (5) | Chronic Pain (15) | |
---|---|---|---|
age (years) | 44.20 (12.01) | 49.87 (13.58) | 39.40 (16.83) |
body-mass index | 26.00 (3.68) | 28.60 (3.56) | 24.51 (3.45) |
gender (% males) | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.80 |
baseline pain (NRS) | 0.00 (0.00) * | 53.33 (12.20) | 46.00 (5.48) |
pain duration (days) | 0.00 (0.00) * | 27.13 (23.34) | 468.00 (272.98) |
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Cozacov, R.; Minerbi, A.; Haddad, M.; Vulfsons, S. Differential Sensitization of Muscle versus Fascia in Individuals with Low Back Pain. Bioengineering 2022, 9, 440. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9090440
Cozacov R, Minerbi A, Haddad M, Vulfsons S. Differential Sensitization of Muscle versus Fascia in Individuals with Low Back Pain. Bioengineering. 2022; 9(9):440. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9090440
Chicago/Turabian StyleCozacov, Ronen, Amir Minerbi, May Haddad, and Simon Vulfsons. 2022. "Differential Sensitization of Muscle versus Fascia in Individuals with Low Back Pain" Bioengineering 9, no. 9: 440. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9090440