Sensory findings after stimulation of the thoracolumbar fascia with hypertonic saline suggest its contribution to low back pain

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 222-231

  Schilder, Andreas ^a   Hoheisel, Ulrich ^a   Magerl, Walter ^a   Benrath, Justus ^a   Klein, Thomas ^a,b   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MUNDIPHARMA GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erector spinae muscle; Hypertonic saline; Low back pain; Peripheral sensitization; Thoracolumbar fascia

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA; TIME;

ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; HYPERTONIC SALINE; LOW BACK PAIN; PERIPHERAL SENSITIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA;

ADULT; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892833592     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.09.025     Document Type: Article

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