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Smudging of the Motor Cortex Is Related to the Severity of Low Back Pain.
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The results demonstrate a loss of discrete motor cortical organization of the paraspinal muscles in chronic LBP that can be identified using noninvasive EMG recordings and suggest that surface EMG positioned at L3 is appropriate for the identification of changes in the motor cortex in LBP.Citations
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Changes in Structure and Function of the Back Muscles in Low Back Pain: Different Time Points, Observations, and Mechanisms
Paul W. Hodges,Lieven Danneels +1 more
TL;DR: The aim of this commentary was to review and consolidate the breadth of research investigating adaptation in back muscle structure and function, to consider explanations for some of the variation between studies, and to propose how this model can be used to guide rehabilitation in a manner that is tailored to individual patients and to underlying mechanisms.
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Muscle Control and Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain.
Marc Russo,Kristiaan Deckers,Sam Eldabe,Kyle B. Kiesel,Christopher J. Gilligan,John Vieceli,Peter A. Crosby +6 more
TL;DR: Chronic low back pain is the most prevalent of the painful musculoskeletal conditions, but there are few established therapies with strong evidence of effectiveness (or cost effectiveness).
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Motor Cortex Reorganization and Impaired Function in the Transition to Sustained Muscle Pain
Siobhan M Schabrun,Steffan Wittrup Christensen,Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting,Thomas Graven-Nielsen +3 more
TL;DR: The first evidence of M1 adaptation in the transition to sustained muscle pain is provided and have relevance for the development of therapies that seek to target M1 in musculoskeletal pain.
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Beyond the target area: an integrative view of tDCS-induced motor cortex modulation in patients and athletes
Edgard Morya,Edgard Morya,Kátia Monte-Silva,Marom Bikson,Zeinab Esmaeilpour,Claudinei E. Biazoli,André Fonseca,André Fonseca,Tommaso Bocci,Faranak Farzan,Raaj Chatterjee,Jeffrey M. Hausdorff,Daniel Gomes da Silva Machado,Daniel Gomes da Silva Machado,Andre R. Brunoni,Eva Mezger,Luciane Aparecida Moscaleski,Luciane Aparecida Moscaleski,Rodrigo Pegado,João Ricardo Sato,Marcelo S. Caetano,Katia Nunes Sá,Clarice Tanaka,Li Min Li,Abrahão Fontes Baptista,Alexandre Hideki Okano +25 more
TL;DR: This study presents the use and perspectives of new developments in tDCS technology, namely high-definition tDCS (HD-tDCS) which promises to overcome one of the main tDCS limitation (i.e., low focality) and its application for neurological disease, pain relief, and motor learning/rehabilitation.
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Low Back Pain: The Potential Contribution of Supraspinal Motor Control and Proprioception
TL;DR: It is concluded that back pain-induced disrupted or reduced proprioceptive signaling likely plays a pivotal role in driving long-term changes in the top-down control of the motor system via motor and sensory cortical reorganization.
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The short-form McGill pain questionnaire
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Michael C. Ridding,Ulf Ziemann +1 more
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Pain and motor control of the lumbopelvic region: effect and possible mechanisms
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