The lumbodorsal fascia as a potential source of low back pain : a narrative review
- 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.
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| Author: | Jan WilkeORCiDGND, Robert Schleip, Werner Klingler, Carla Stecco |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-436755 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5349620 |
| ISSN: | 2314-6141 |
| ISSN: | 2314-6133 |
| Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28584816 |
| Parent Title (English): | BioMed research international |
| Publisher: | Hindawi |
| Place of publication: | New York [u. a.] |
| Contributor(s): | Jan Dommerholt |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2017/06/12 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2017/05/11 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2017/06/12 |
| Volume: | 2017 |
| Issue: | Art. 5349620 |
| Page Number: | 7 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 6 |
| Note: | 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. |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 42782057X |
| Institutes: | Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften / Sportwissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
