Innervation of lumbar zygapophyseal joint synovial folds
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- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica
- Vol. 58 (1) , 43-46
- https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678709146341
Abstract
In a study of lower lumbar zygapophyseal facet joints, nerves have been demonstrated in the synovial folds by means of a silver impregnation method. The diameter of the nerves ranged from 0.6 to 12 microns; the number of fibers per nerve ranged from 1 to 5. They generally run a course separate from blood vessels, indicating that they are afferent nerves which probably have a nociceptive function. This finding may be relevant to low back pain.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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