Differential Sensitization of Muscle versus Fascia in Individuals with Low Back Pain.

ABSTRACT: Muscles and the deep fascia surrounding them have been suggested to play an important role in various musculoskeletal pain conditions including low back pain. Both have been shown to host rich nociceptive innervation and to undergo changes in individuals with chronic pain. However, evidence for the respective contribution of muscle and fascia sensitization in humans with myofascial pain syndrome is lacking. Here, we studied the sensitization of muscle and fascia in individuals with myofascial low back pain. Twenty individuals with acute (5) and chronic (15) myofascial low back pain of the quadratus lumborum muscle and a matched control group of twenty healthy individuals were recruited and clinically evaluated. All participants underwent ultrasound-guided needling of their subcutaneous tis

SUBMITTER: Cozacov R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9495767 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature