ArticleAmerican journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation2018
Effect of Stretching on Thoracolumbar Fascia Injury and Movement Restriction in a Porcine Model.
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- Association between thoracolumbar fascia injury and residual back pain following percutaneous vertebral augmentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Ultrasound Imaging of Thoracolumbar Fascia: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of in vivo stretching regimens on inflammation and its relevance to translational yoga research.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Thoracolumbar Fascia Remodeling in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Translational Orthopedic Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Risk factors of thoracolumbar fascia injury for patients with Parkinson's disease and construction of a nomogram model.BMC neurology · 2025Article
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- Effect of thoracolumbar fascia injury on reported outcomes after percutaneous vertebroplasty.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Effects of a Myofascial Technique on the Stiffness and Thickness of the Thoracolumbar Fascia and Lumbar Erector Spinae Muscles in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized before-and-after Experimental Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Immediate Effects of Myofascial Release Treatment on Lumbar Microcirculation: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Assessing changes in range of motion in adolescent patients undergoing myoActivation® for chronic pain related to myofascial dysfunction: a feasibility study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mechanisms Underlying Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Cancer Properties of Stretching-A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- A Comparison Between People With and Without Subacromial Impingement Syndrome and a New Method for Measuring Thoracolumbar Fascia Flexibility.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2021Article
- Establishment of a Novel Porcine Model to Study the Impact of Active Stretching on a Local Carrageenan-Induced Inflammation.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Manipulation of the Fascial System Applied During Acute Inflammation of the Connective Tissue of the Thoracolumbar Region Affects Transforming Growth Factor-β1 and Interleukin-4 Levels: Experimental Study in Mice.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveStretching of fascia is an important component of manual and movement therapies. We previously showed that in pigs, a unilateral thoracolumbar fascia injury combined with movement restriction (hobble) produced contralateral loss of fascia mobility (shear strain during passive trunk flexion measured with ultrasound) similar to findings in human subjects with chronic low back pain. We now tested whether such abnormalities could be reversed by removing the hobble with or without daily stretching for 1 mo.
designThirty pigs were randomized to control, injury, or injury + hobble for 8 wks. The hobble restricted hip extension ipsilateral to the injury. At week 8, the injury + hobble group was subdivided into continued hobble, removed hobble, and removed hobble + stretching (passively extending the hip for 10 min daily).
resultsRemoving hobbles restored normal gait speed but did not restore fascia mobility. Daily passive stretching was not superior to removing hobbles, as there was no significant improvement in fascia mobility with either treatment group (removed hobble or stretching).
conclusionsReduced fascia mobility in response to injury and movement restriction worsens over time and persists even when movement is restored. Reversing fascia abnormalities may require either longer than 1 mo or a different treatment "dose" or modality.
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