ArticlePain reports2018
Assessment of pain quality reveals distinct differences between nociceptive innervation of low back fascia and muscle in humans.
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- Dose-Dependent Pain and Pain Radiation after Chemical Stimulation of the Thoracolumbar Fascia and Multifidus Muscle: A Single-Blinded, Cross-Over Study Revealing a Higher Impact of Fascia Stimulation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Pain Intensity/Quality and Pain Site Association with Muscle Activity and Muscle Activity Distribution in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Using a Generalized Linear Mixed Model Analysis.Pain research & management · 2022Article
- Potential Nociceptive Role of the Thoracolumbar Fascia: A Scope Review Involving In Vivo and Ex Vivo Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Evidence of a new hidden neural network into deep fasciae.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Tenderness of the Skin after Chemical Stimulation of Underlying Temporal and Thoracolumbar Fasciae Reveals Somatosensory Crosstalk between Superficial and Deep Tissues.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Pain and Psychosocial Adjustment in Youth With Spina Bifida.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2020Article
- Soft Tissue: A Possible Source of Pain Pre and Post Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.Global spine journal · 2020Article
- Modifiable motion graphics for capturing sensations.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
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objectivesVerbal descriptors are an important pain assessment parameter. The purpose of this study was to explore the ability to discriminate deep muscle pain and overlying fascia pain according to verbal descriptors and compare the pattern with skin stimulation (from previously published data).
methodsIn 16 healthy human subjects, electrical stimulation was chosen to excite a broad spectrum of nociceptive primary afferents innervating the respective tissues. The 24-item Pain Perception Scale (Schmerzempfindungsskala [SES]) was used to determine the induced pain quality.
resultsOverall, affective (
conclusionThe differences in sensory descriptor patterns between muscle and fascia may potentially guide treatment towards muscle or fascia in low back pain physiotherapeutic regimes. The similarity of descriptor patterns between fascia and skin, both including the terms "burning" and "stinging," opens the possibility that neuropathic back pain (when the dorsal ramus of the spinal nerve is affected) may be confused with low back pain of fascia origin.
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