ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Immediate Effects of Myofascial Release Treatment on Lumbar Microcirculation: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
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 NCT07728617 (Acute Effects of Thoracolumbar Fascia Myofascial Release Technique on Cortical Activity), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Acute Effects of Thoracolumbar Fascia Myofascial Release Technique on Cortical Activity: A Sham-Controlled Randomized Study
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of Myofascial Release Therapy and Related Soft-Tissue Techniques for Pain in Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of manual therapy on physical and mental health promotion in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Myofascial Release on Pain and Uterine Artery Hemodynamic Indices in Women with Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of Myofascial Release Combined With Capacitive-Resistive Therapy in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pain research & management · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of Fu's Subcutaneous Needling for chronic non-specific neck pain and its effect on muscle elasticity: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Trial
- Immediate effects of myofascial release to the pectoral fascia on posture, range of motion, and muscle excitation: a crossover randomized clinical trial.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2024Trial
- 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
- Manual therapy combined with core muscle training for chronic non-specific low back pain in sedentary individuals: a study protocol for a single-center randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Toward visualized pathophenotyping: a multimodal imaging-guided conceptual framework for chronic low back pain.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The In Vitro and Vivo Validation of a New Ultrasound Method to Quantify Thoracolumbar Fascia Deformation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A review and empirical findings of fasciae and muscle interactions in low back pain.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Risk factors for lumbar fascial edema in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures and its effect on residual pain after percutaneous vertebroplasty.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Quantifying thoracolumbar fascia deformation to discriminate acute low back pain patients and healthy individuals using ultrasound.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of Myofascial Release Techniques on Joint Range of Motion of Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- 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
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- 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
- 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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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
(1) Background: Inflammatory processes in the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) lead to thickening, compaction, and fibrosis and are thought to contribute to the development of nonspecific low back pain (nLBP). The blood flow (BF) of fascial tissue may play a critical role in this process, as it may promote hypoxia-induced inflammation. The primary objective of the study was to examine the immediate effects of a set of myofascial release (MFR) techniques on the BF of lumbar myofascial tissue. The secondary objectives were to evaluate the influence of TLF morphology (TLFM), physical activity (PA), and body mass index (BMI) on these parameters and their correlations with each other. (2) Methods: This study was a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Thirty pain-free subjects (40.5 ± 14.1 years) were randomly assigned to two groups treated with MFR or a placebo intervention. Correlations between PA, BMI, and TLFM were calculated at baseline. The effects of MFR and TLFM on BF (measured with white light and laser Doppler spectroscopy) were determined. (3) Results: The MFR group had a significant increase in BF after treatment (31.6%) and at follow-up (48.7%) compared with the placebo group. BF was significantly different between disorganized and organized TLFM (
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