Title: Drukagometrie bij patinten met subacute lage
1VUB Congress 2007
- Andre Farasyn Ph.D. PT DO
- Referred muscle pain is primarily peripheral in
origin - The barrier-dam theory
Faculty of Physical Education
Rehabilitation Department of Human Physiology
Sports Medicine
2Referred muscle pain
INTRODUCTION
1. An infitration
2. on a muscular Trigger Point
3. activates a referred pain...
.....Kellgren, 1937
3Referred muscle pain
INTRODUCTION
Overview of different possible mechanisms of
referred muscle pain
4Referred muscle pain
INTRODUCTION
Hypothesis of Travell Simons (1998)?
E
A
1. Mechanical pressure
2. on a muscular Trigger Point
B
F
C
3. activates (A B) via spinal reflex
D
4. (C) a bodily area of referred pain...
5. and in turn activates (D) the CNS
6. other stimuli (E F) co-activates
5New hypothesis for the phenomenon of referred
muscle pain
- Andre Farasyn
- Referred muscle pain is primarily
- peripheral in origin
- The barrier-dam theory
- Medical hypotheses 200768144-50.
6Referred muscle pain is primarily peripheral in
originThe barrier-dam theory
New hypothesis Farasyn A. The barrier-dam
theory
1. Mechanical pressure
2. on a Trigger Point
B
3. ..disturbes firstly the afferent prelocal
nerve (A) upstream with the consequence
of
A
4. ..the creation of a referred pain zone..(sec)
Just like a barrier-dam
5. secondly activates the afferent postlocal
nerve (B) downstreamand in turn via spinal
transduction
6. actives the CNS
7Referred muscle pain is primarily peripheral in
originThe barrier-dam theory
New hypothesis Farasyn A. The barrier-dam
theory
Co-activates parallel sensitive nerves (E gt C)
creating adjacent zones of referred pain
B
A
E
C
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originThe barrier-dam theory
Discussion Conclusion
New hypothesis Farasyn A. The barrier-dam
theory
Confirmation needed in experimental referred
muscle pain provocation tests
9Referred muscle pain is primarily peripheral in
originThe barrier-dam theory
Examples of referred muscle pain syndromes
1. Repeated strain injury
2. Tension headache
3. Bilateral (non-specific) low back pain
4. Pseudo-ischialgia
Fig. from Grays Anatomy (1919)?
10 Examples of referred muscle pain syndromes
- Repeated strain injury
- M. Infraspinatus Trigger Point
Hypothesis of Travell Simons (1998)?
according to segmental innervation when
stimulated
11 Examples of referred muscle pain syndromes
- Repeated strain injury
- M. Infraspinatus Trigger Point
Hypothesis of Travell Simons (1998)?
not the brain is the misleader, but the human
interpretation
12 Examples of referred muscle pain syndromes
New hypothesis Farasyn A. The barrier-dam
theory
- Repeated strain injury
- M. Infraspinatus Trigger Point
what happens upstream of the peripheral
sensitive nerve entrapment
13 Examples of referred muscle pain syndromes
2. Tension headache
peripheral sensitive nerve
entrapment syndromes of
1. The N. Occipitalis major
2. The N. occipitalis minor (C2-3)?
3. The N. Auricularis magnus
Fig. from Benninghoff Goerttler, 1967
14 Examples of referred muscle pain syndromes
2. Tension headache
peripheral sensitive nerve
entrapment syndromes of
4. The N. Supraclavicularis N. Transversus
colli
Fig. from Benninghoff Goerttler, 1967
15 Examples of referred muscle pain syndromes
3. Bilateral low back pain
peripheral sensitive nerve
entrapment syndromes of
Fig. from Grays Anatomy (1919)?
16 Examples of referred muscle pain syndromes
4. Pseudo-ischialgia
peripheral sensitive nerve entrapment
syndromes
17Referred muscle pain is primarily peripheral in
originThe barrier-dam theory
Conclusion
The primary pathogenesis of referred pain is
presumed
-
- to be a peripheral sensitization with
additionally - a central modulation and .not vice versa.
-
- probably nothing else than a simple local
peripheral sensitive nerve entrapment
syndrome.
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originThe barrier-dam theory
Recommandations
- In the future we need to generate a greater
interest in - muscle tenderness research and ..
- exploring electrographical myometrical
measurements of peripheral sensitive
nerve entrapment syndromes.
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originThe barrier-dam theory
Thank you for your attention!