ArticleGlobal spine journal2020
Soft Tissue: A Possible Source of Pain Pre and Post Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.
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- A standardized anesthetic/analgetic regimen compared to standard anesthetic/analgetic regimen for patients with high-risk factors undergoing open lumbar spine surgery: a prospective comparative single-center study.Neurosurgical review · 2023Article
- Gender-based Variations in Trunk Motion and Isometric Strength in Young Adults with Low Back Pain: A Prospective Case-control Study.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2022Article
- Normative Reference Values for Trunk Range of Motion and Isometric Muscle Strength in Asymptomatic Young Indian Adults.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2022Article
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Abstract
STUDY
designCase studies.
objectivesTo demonstrate that muscle generated pain (MGP) may be a cause of pain in patients who have undergone minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS).
methodsA physical examination including electrical stimulation of putative pain generating muscles to identify the presence of lowered thresholds for depolarization of muscle nociceptors, and an examination of strength and flexibility of key muscles in the upper and lower body, may identify multiple etiologies of MGP. Treatment of identified muscles consisted of muscle/tendon injections to identified sensitized muscles followed by exercises incorporating relaxation limbering and stretching.
resultsPostsurgical pain was eliminated and mobility restored in both presented cases replicating success in prior published studies.
conclusionsUnderstanding the pathophysiological mechanisms of muscle pain may facilitate the evaluation and treatment of MGP in MISS patients diagnosed with failed back surgery syndrome.
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