ArticleF1000Research2015
Fascial Manipulation® for chronic aspecific low back pain: a single blinded randomized controlled trial.
Article in F1000Research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Effect of Fascial Mobilization Therapy on Pain, Grip Strength and Manual Dexterity in Patients With Postpartum Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of fascial manipulation on pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Pooled it
- Myofascial Release for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Meta-Analysis of Integrated Therapeutic Methods in Noninvasive Lower Back Pain Therapy (LBP): The Role of Interdisciplinary Functional Diagnostics.Pain research & management · 2020Pooled it
- Inter and Intra Operator Reliability of Motor and Palpation Evaluation in Fascial Manipulation in individuals with coxarthrosis.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2020Trial
- Active and passive physical therapy in patients with chronic low-back pain: a level I Bayesian network meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025Article
- Mechanosensitivity and Adipose Thickness as Determinants of Pressure to Reach Deep Fasciae in Cervical and Thoracolumbar Regions.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The Impact of Fascial ManipulationDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Physiotherapeutic and non-conventional approaches in patients with chronic low-back pain: a level I Bayesian network meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Examination of the effect of fascial therapy on some physical fitness parameters in taekwondo athletes.Sports medicine and health science · 2023Article
- The Effect of Mechanical Stress on Hyaluronan Fragments' Inflammatory Cascade: Clinical Implications.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of the Fascial Manipulation Approach Associated with a Physiotherapy Program in Recurrent Shoulder Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Facial Pain: RCT between Conventional Treatment and Fascial ManipulationBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pilot study assessing the effect of Fascial Manipulation on fascial densifications and associated pain.European journal of translational myology · 2022Article
- Fascial Manipulation Technique in the Conservative Management of Morton's Syndrome: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Pilot Study of Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Treated with a Single Session of Fascial ManipulationMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Chiropractic case reports: a review and bibliometric analysis.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2021Review
- The plausible role of Deep Cervical Fascia and its continuum in chronic craniofacial and Cervicobrachial Pain: A case report.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Comparative Effectiveness of Chuna Manipulative Therapy for Non-Acute Lower Back Pain: A Multi-Center, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe therapeutic approach to chronic aspecific low back pain (CALBP) has to consider the multifactorial aetiology of the disorder. International guidelines do not agree on unequivocal treatment indications. Recommendations for fascial therapy are few and of low level evidence but several studies indicate strong correlations between fascial thickness and low back pain. This study aims at comparing the effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation® associated with a physiotherapy program following guidelines for CALBP compared to a physiotherapy program alone.
methods24 subjects were randomized into two groups, both received eight treatments over 4 weeks. Outcomes were measured at baseline, at the end of therapy and at a 1 month and a 3 months follow-up. Pain was measured with the visual analogue scale (VAS) and the brief pain inventory (BPI), function with the Rolland-Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ), state of well-being with the short-form 36 health-survey (SF-36). The mean clinical important difference (MCID) was also measured.
resultsPatients receiving Fascial Manipulation® showed statistically and clinically significant improvements at the end of care for all outcomes, in the short (RMDQ, VAS, BPI) and medium term for VAS and BPI compared to manual therapy. The MCID show significant improvements in the means and percentage of subjects in groups in all outcomes post-treatment, in the short and medium term.
conclusionFascial tissues were implicated in the aetiology of CALBP and treatment led to decreased symptomatic, improved functional and perceived well-being outcomes that were of greater amplitude compared to manual therapy alone.
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