TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilke, Jan
A1  - Schleip, Robert
A1  - Klingler, Werner
A1  - Stecco, Carla
T1  - The lumbodorsal fascia as a potential source of low back pain : a narrative review
T2  - BioMed research international
N2  - The lumbodorsal fascia (LF) has been proposed to represent a possible source of idiopathic low back pain. In fact, histological studies have demonstrated the presence of nociceptive free nerve endings within the LF, which, furthermore, appear to exhibit morphological changes in patients with chronic low back pain. However, it is unclear how these characteristics relate to the aetiology of the pain. In vivo elicitation of back pain via experimental stimulation of the LF suggests that dorsal horn neurons react by increasing their excitability. Such sensitization of fascia-related dorsal horn neurons, in turn, could be related to microinjuries and/or inflammation in the LF. Despite available data point towards a significant role of the LF in low back pain, further studies are needed to better understand the involved neurophysiological dynamics.
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/43675
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-436755
SN  - 2314-6141
SN  - 2314-6133
N1  - Copyright © 2017 Jan Wilke et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
VL  - 2017
IS  - Art. 5349620
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - Hindawi
CY  - New York [u. a.]
ER  -