ArticleThe Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association2014
The cervical myodural bridge, a review of literature and clinical implications.
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- Associations Between Visual Accommodation and Cervical Muscle Activity and Symptomatology: A Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
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- The Immediate Effect of Dry Needling Electric Muscle Stimulation on the Position of Atlas.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Evidence for chronic headaches induced by pathological changes of myodural bridge complex.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Neuraxial biomechanics, fluid dynamics, and myodural regulation: rethinking management of hypermobility and CNS disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Enhancing Body Balance and Performance in Elite Archery Athletes: The Impact of Atlasprofilax Intervention on Suboccipital Myofascia.The American journal of case reports · 2023Article
- Re-evaluation of the symptoms of Hirayama disease through anatomical perspective.Intractable & rare diseases research · 2023Article
- The relationship between compensatory hyperplasia of the myodural bridge complex and reduced compliance of the various structures within the cranio-cervical junction.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2023Article
- Kinematic analysis of sensorimotor control during the craniocervical flexion movement in patients with neck pain and asymptomatic individuals: a cross-sectional study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Observational
- Compromised Cranio-Spinal Suspension in Chiari Malformation Type 1: A Potential Role as Secondary Pathophysiology.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Suboccipital Muscles, Forward Head Posture, and Cervicogenic Dizziness.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Total Resorption of a Chronic L4-L5 Disc Extrusion After Application of the Atlasprofilax Method: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
The role of posterior cervical musculature in sensorimotor control, cervicocephalic pain, and stabilization of the spinal cord has been recently described. Anatomical soft tissue connections which cross the cervical epidural space link suboccipital muscle fascia and dura. These myodural bridges provide passive and active anchoring of the spinal cord. They may also be involved in a dural tension monitoring system to prevent dural infolding, and maintain patency of the spinal cord. Modulation of dural tension may be initiated via a sensory reflex to muscular contractile tissues. Unanticipated movements such as hyperflexion extension injuries stimulate deep suboccipital muscles and transmit tensile forces through the bridge to the cervical dura. Due to its larger cross sectional area, the rectus capitis posterior major myodural bridge may exert greater mechanical traction on the dura than the rectus capitis posterior minor. University ethics committee approval and anatomical donor consent was obtained for this study.
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