ArticleEuropean journal of translational myology2022
Pilot study assessing the effect of Fascial Manipulation on fascial densifications and associated pain.
Article in European journal of translational myology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06950541 (The Impact of Myofascial Therapy on Connective Tissue), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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The Impact of Myofascial Therapy on Connective Tissue
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of percussive massage therapy on fascia echo intensity and fascia thickness in firefighters with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- Thoracolumbar fascia mobility and chronic low back pain: Phase 2 of a pilot and feasibility study including multimodal chiropractic care.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2022Trial
- Fascia as a Functional System in Health and Disease: From Fundamental Biology to Assessment and Targeted Interventions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- A review of the synergistic mechanisms of Yijinjing, meridian sinew therapy, dry needling, and Fascial Manipulation in chronic cervical myofascial pain based on the fascia-meridian sinew continuum.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
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- Assessment of the Effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbosacral Spine.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The effect of fascial manipulation therapy on lower limb spasticity and ankle clonus in stroke patients.European journal of translational myology · 2024Article
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Abstract
We assessed effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation (FM) in reducing densification thickness and associated acute pain in normal humans. Fascial densifications were identified using palpation and measured with diagnostic ultrasound within self-reported painful somatic regions. Pain intensity ratings were obtained in response to deep palpation of the self-reported painful somatic region before and after a brief FM intervention. Brief FM resulted in reduced densification thickness as well pain intensity. Sex differences were found neither in densification thickness nor pain intensity at any time point. However, a statistically significant positive correlation between densification thickness and pain intensity was observed in females but not males at both pre-FM and post-FM time points. As such, FM may be an effective therapeutic approach for acute pain associated with fascial densifications. While males and females exhibited comparable densification thickness and pain intensity levels at both pre-FM and post-FM time points, only females showed a statistically significant relationship between pain and densification, suggesting that females may be better able to perceive subtle differences in the magnitude of noxious sensory input.
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