Motor corticospinal excitability abnormalities differ between distinct chronic low back pain syndromes.
Authors
da Silva ML, Fernandes AM, Silva VA, Galhardoni R, Felau V, de Araujo JO, Rosi J, Brock RS, Kubota GT, Teixeira MJ, Yeng LT, de Andrade DC
Abstract
It is not known whether cortical plastic changes reported in low-back pain (LBP) are present in all etiologies of LBP. Here we report on the assessment of patients with three LBP conditions: non-specific-LBP (ns-LBP), failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), and sciatica (Sc).
