ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Associations between Deformation of the Thoracolumbar Fascia and Activation of the Erector Spinae and Multifidus Muscle in Patients with Acute Low Back Pain and Healthy Controls: A Matched Pair Case-Control Study.
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Therapeutic Effects of Instrument-assisted Versus Sound-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Among Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ultrasound Imaging of Thoracolumbar Fascia: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Quantitative ultrasound evaluation of the thoracolumbar fascia after manual and acupuncture therapies: an exploratory mechanistic randomized controlled trial with a sequential within-subject phase.European radiology experimental · 2026Trial
- Associations between trunk mobility, pain, and quality of life in individuals with chronic low back pain treated with different therapeutic protocols: Potential clinical parameters.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Effects of a Manual Treatment on Lumbar Microcirculation and Tissue Stiffness Following Submaximal Eccentric Trunk Extensor Exercise: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Fascia as a Functional System in Health and Disease: From Fundamental Biology to Assessment and Targeted Interventions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Association Between Systemic Symptoms and Recovery in Acute Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Assessment of the Fascial System Thickness in Patients with and Without Low Back Pain: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Ground truth and demographic data for ultrasound assessment of thoracolumbar fascia deformation and shearing.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Effect of manual handling weight for lifting and carrying on the severity of acute occupational low back pain.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Article
- The In Vitro and Vivo Validation of a New Ultrasound Method to Quantify Thoracolumbar Fascia Deformation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- A review and empirical findings of fasciae and muscle interactions in low back pain.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Effects of platelet-rich plasma injection on electrical activity and biomechanics of the erector spinae muscles in lumbar myofascial pain syndrome.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Quantifying thoracolumbar fascia deformation to discriminate acute low back pain patients and healthy individuals using ultrasound.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Quantity and Distribution of Muscle Spindles in Animal and Human Muscles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Pain quality patterns in delayed onset muscle soreness of the lower back suggest sensitization of fascia rather than muscle afferents: a secondary analysis study.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2024Article
- Fascia Tissue Manipulations in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pragmatic Comparative Randomized Clinical Trial of the 4xT MethodLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Examination of Myofascial Stiffness and Elasticity in the Upper Trapezius Region in Patients with Unilateral Neck Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Effects of Maximal Eccentric Trunk Extensor Exercise on Lumbar Extramuscular Connective Tissue: A Matched-Pairs Ultrasound Study.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2023Article
- Ultrasound Imaging of Thoracolumbar Fascia Thickness: Chronic Non-Specific Lower Back Pain versus Healthy Subjects; A Sign of a "Frozen Back"?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: The thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) is thought to play a role in the development of LBP, but it is not yet clear which factor of TLF changes is a cause and which is an effect. Therefore, some studies used the cross-correlation function (CCR) to reveal time-dependent relationships between biomechanical and neuromotor factors. Methods: Ten patients with acute low back pain (aLBP) were matched to healthy controls. Simultaneous recording of surface electromyography (sEMG) of the erector spinae and multifidus muscle (ESM) and dynamic ultrasound (US) images of TLF deformation were performed during trunk extension. CCR functions and Granger causality (GC) were used to describe the relationship between the two measures. Results: CCR time lags were significant higher in the aLBP group (p = 0.04). GC showed a direct effect of TLF deformation on ESM activation only in the aLBP group (p < 0.03). Conclusions: The results suggest that in aLBP, ESM activity is significantly affected by TLF, whereas this relationship is completely random in healthy subjects studied with CCR and GC comparisons of dynamic US imaging and sEMG data signals. Fascia-related disturbances in neuromotor control, particularly due to altered muscle spindle functions, are suspected as a possible mechanism behind this.
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