Ett par studier som bekrefter at IL ligamentet er fullt av nervetråder. Viktig å vite for ligamentbehandlingen vi gjør på Verkstedet.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20081564

The function of iliolumbar ligament and its role in low back pain has not been yet fully clarified. Understanding the innervation of this ligament should provide a ground which enables formation of stronger hypotheses.

Iliac wing insertion was found to be the richest region of the ligament in terms of mechanoreceptors and nociceptors. Pacinian (type II) mechanoreceptor was determined to be the most common (66.67%) receptor followed by Ruffini (type I) (19.67%) mechanoreceptor, whereas free nerve endings (type IV) and Golgi tendon organs (type III) were found to be less common, 10.83% and 2.83%, respectively.

Those results indicate that ILL plays an important role in proprioceptive coordination of lumbosacral region alongside its known biomechanic support function. Moreover, the presence of type IV nerve endings suggest that the injury of this ligament might contribute to the low back pain.

Mer om IL ligamentet i denne studien:

http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/9784/11693306.pdf