ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Immediate Effects of Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization on Hydration Content in Lumbar Myofascial Tissues: A Quasi-Experiment.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07244913 (Therapeutic Effects of Instrument-assisted Versus Sound-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Among Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effectiveness of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization on pain and function in patients with musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization on range of motion: a meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of instrument assisted and functional soft tissue mobilization on hamstring flexibility and skinfold thickness in sedentary adults.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization in healthy adults acutely changes the tissue stiffness.International journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Acute local and non-local morphological, sensory and fluid responses to stretching and foam rolling in young females.Heliyon · 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
- Immediate Effects of Myofascial Release Treatment on Lumbar Microcirculation: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Influence of high-energy laser therapy to the patellar tendon on its ligamentous microcirculation: An experimental intervention study.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundInstrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) is thought to alter fluid dynamics in human soft tissue. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of IASTM on the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) on the water content of the lumbar myofascial tissue.
methodsIn total, 21 healthy volunteers were treated with IASTM. Before and after the procedure and 5 and 10 min later, lumbar bioimpedance was measured by bioimpedance analysis (BIA) and TLF stiffness was measured by indentometry. Tissue temperature was recorded at the measurement time points using an infrared thermometer.
resultsBioimpedance increased significantly from 58.3 to 60.4 Ω (
conclusionsAfter the IASTM intervention, there was a significant increase in bioimpedance, which was likely due to a decrease in water content in myofascial lumbar tissue. Further studies in a randomized control trial design are needed to extrapolate the results in healthy subjects to a symptomatic population as well and to confirm the reliability of BIA in myofascial tissue.
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