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Sensory innervation of human thoracolumbar fascia

1992; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 63; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/17453679209154822

0001-6470

L’Hocine Yahia, Souad Rhalmi, Nicolas Newman, Marc Isler,

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

We have studied the human thoracolumbar fascia by using antiserum against neurofilament protein (NFP) and S-100 protein to identify sensory nerve fibers and their endings. Seven surgical specimens from 7 patients were studied with light microscopy. In addition to free nerve endings, two types of encapsulated mechanoreceptors (Ruffini's and Vater-Pacini corpuscles) were identified. These findings support the hypothesis that the thoracolumbar fascia may play a neurosensory role in the lumbar spine mechanism.