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Short-term increase in discs’ apparent diffusion is associated with pain and mobility improvements after spinal mobilization for low back pain

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, May 2018
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Title
Short-term increase in discs’ apparent diffusion is associated with pain and mobility improvements after spinal mobilization for low back pain
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Scientific Reports, May 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-26697-7
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Paul Thiry, François Reumont, Jean-Michel Brismée, Frédéric Dierick

Abstract

Pain perception, trunk mobility and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) within all lumbar intervertebral discs (IVDs) were collected before and shortly after posterior-to-anterior (PA) mobilizations in 16 adults with acute low back pain. Using a pragmatic approach, a trained orthopaedic manual physical therapist applied PA mobilizations to the participants' spine, in accordance with his examination findings. ADC all was computed from diffusion maps as the mean of anterior (ADC ant ), middle (ADC mid ), and posterior (ADC post ) portions of the IVD. After mobilization, pain ratings and trunk mobility were significantly improved and a significant increase in ADC all values was observed. The greatest ADC all changes were observed at the L3-L4 and L4-L5 levels and were mainly explained by changes in ADC ant and ADC post , respectively. No significant changes in ADC were observed at L5-S1 level. The reduction in pain and largest changes in ADC observed at the periphery of the hyperintense IVD region suggest that increased peripheral random motion of water molecules is implicated in the IVD nociceptive response modulation. Additionally, ADC changes were observed at remote IVD anatomical levels that did not coincide with the PA spinal mobilization application level.

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Unknown 65 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 15%
Student > Master 6 9%
Other 6 9%
Student > Postgraduate 5 8%
Researcher 3 5%
Other 7 11%
Unknown 28 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 11 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 17%
Sports and Recreations 7 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Neuroscience 2 3%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 30 46%
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#2,994,775
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