Research on non-invasive monitoring of biomechanical and viscoelastic properties of myotendinous complex in patients with herniated disk with radiculopathy (pre- and post-surgery) in the in order to optimize the neurorehabilitation approach – a systematic literature review

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Low back pain is considered to have "epidemic proportions in Western societies", so that it is obvious that discovertebral pathology, especially severe (as is the case with neurosurgical indications), which is our subject research, succita a major and constantly growing interest due to, including to the numerical pressure, which places it among public health problems. This is also reflected by the fact that, for example, in the United States, in recent decades, healthcare costs allocated to prescription drugs to combat lumbosacralgia have risen at a higher rate than in any other category of health services [1]. In our study, we consider that evaluating the viscoelastic properties of muscles provides valuable information about muscle health, function, and progress in recovery. This innovative approach involves assessing the muscle's ability to resist deformation and return to its original shape, which reflects its characteristics of elasticity and viscosity. [2] We previously conducted a systematic review of the related literature using the method of filtering and selecting profile documentary material, a widely accepted and internationally recognized approach: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Thus, we searched using contextually relevant combinations and syntaxes of search keywords in the following international databases: Elsevier, PubMed, PMC, PEDro, and articles published in English in ISI-indexed journals in Web of Knowledge/Science, from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2023.