Extraforaminal lumbar disk herniations lead to neuroplastic changes: A study using quantitative sensory testing

A Tschugg, S Lener, S Hartmann, V Fink… - Muscle & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… to paramedian lumbar disk herniations. Methods: We applied … with a single lumbar disk
herniation. They were categorized … A lumbar disk herniation may be a life-changing event for the …

… brain remodeling mechanisms at the level of brain regions, circuits, and networks in patients with chronic lower back pain caused by lumbar disk herniation

YD Mei, H Gao, WF Chen, W Zhu, C Gu… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
… Introduction: Chronic lower back pain (cLBP), frequently attributed to lumbar disk herniation
(… modality extensively employed for investigating neuroplastic changes in neuroscience. In …

Is neuroplasticity in the central nervous system the missing link to our understanding of chronic musculoskeletal disorders?

R Pelletier, J Higgins, D Bourbonnais - BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2015 - Springer
… and central changes but may not specifically address all underlying neuroplastic changes in
… Novel approaches to address these neuroplastic changes show promise and require further …

The effect of manual therapy and neuroplasticity education on chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial

A Louw, K Farrell, M Landers, M Barclay… - Journal of Manual & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Given our knowledge of rapidly changing functional maps of the human body in pain, …
change (MDC) of 4.5 cm.[Citation24] The aim of this study was to see if such a neuroplasticity

Untangling nociceptive, neuropathic and neuroplastic mechanisms underlying the biological domain of back pain

JM Hush, TR Stanton, P Siddall, A Marcuzzi… - Pain …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… on lumbosacral nerve roots and the intervertebral disc Citation[35]. Mechanical compression
of spinal nerve roots can result from disc herniation, spinal stenosis or spondylolisthesis, …

Neuroplastic changes related to pain occur at multiple levels of the human somatosensory system: a somatosensory-evoked potentials study in patients with cervical …

M Tinazzi, A Fiaschi, T Rosso, F Faccioli… - Journal of …, 2000 - Soc Neuroscience
… magnetic resonance evidence for protrusion of an intervertebral disk that compressed the
right sixth cervical root. Relevant demographical and clinical information is provided in Table1. …

Prospective comparison of changes in lumbar spine MRI findings over time between individuals with acute low Back pain and controls: an exploratory study

J Panagopoulos, JS Magnussen… - American Journal …, 2017 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
… a definite or probable change in disc herniation in 65% (… changes (6/13) reported were the
result of herniations reducing or disappearing, while in 54% (7/13) of subjects, the herniation

Changes in gray matter volume after microsurgical lumbar discectomy: a longitudinal analysis

M Luchtmann, S Baecke, Y Steinecke… - Frontiers in Human …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
changes of the brain that result from lumbar disc herniation … of central pain processing in
lumbar disc herniation, as well as … The brain has a remarkable capacity for neuroplastic changes

ISSLS Prize winner: Increased innervation and sensory nervous system plasticity in a mouse model of low back pain due to intervertebral disc degeneration

M Miyagi, M Millecamps, AT Danco, S Ohtori… - Spine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… The number and distribution of herniated discs, nerve growth into herniated discs, and instances
… These neuroplastic changes would be expected to enhance nociceptive signaling and …

Abnormal brain activity in lumbar disc herniation patients with chronic pain is associated with their clinical symptoms

C Tang, G Guo, S Fang, C Yao, B Zhu, L Kong… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… Introduction: Lumbar disc herniation, a chronic degenerative disease, is one of the major …
Methods: In this study, 36 lumbar disc herniation patients with chronic low back pain (LDHCP) …