European School of Osteopathy

Spinal Segmental Facilitation as a W3→W1 Update Failure: A Return Constraint Model Account of Chronic Segmental Sensitisation and Its Implications for Osteopathic Practice

Spinal segmental facilitation, first formalised by Korr in 1947, describes a state of chronic dorsal horn hyperexcitability in which a spinal segment responds excessively to afferent input across somatic, visceral, and autonomic domains. The classical model accounts for how the f...