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Comparing pain and disability outcomes of instrumental versus hands on myofascial release in individuals with chronic low back pain: a meta-analysis

by MaryBeth Williams

Background: There are many treatment techniques for those with chronic low back pain(CLBP), a common treatment is Myofascial release (MFR), which manually applies a direct stretch to long standing tissue restrictions. An alternative MFR technique, is instrumental assisted (IA), which uses various firm instruments to release tissue restriction. Instrumental assisted MFR has been found to increase superficial blood flow and fibroblast reaction to provide healing effects.Advisors/Committee Members: Rivera, Monica (advisor), McOmber, Jason (committeeMember).