Neurodynamic Treatment Promotes Mechanical Pain Modulation in Sensory Neurons and Nerve Regeneration in Rats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Somatic nerve injuries are a rising problem leading to disability associated with neuropathic pain commonly reported as mechanical allodynia (MA) and hyperalgesia. These symptoms are strongly dependent on specific processes in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG). Neurodynamic treatment (NDT), consisting of selective uniaxial nerve repeated tension protocols, effectively reduces pain and disability in neuropathic pain patients even though the biological mechanisms remain poorly characterized. We aimed to define, both in vivo and ex vivo, how NDT could promote nerve regeneration and modulate some processes in the DRG linked to MA and hyperalgesia.

Methods

We examined in Wistar rats, after unilateral median and ulnar nerve crush, the therapeutic effects of NDT and the poss

SUBMITTER: Carta G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9220043 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature