... andneurogenic inflammation [116,117], although this is obviouslya different inflammatory entity and not due to the biochemicalmediators of ‘leukocyte’-driven inflammation. The ‘iceberg’ theoryIn order ... Paganelli61Postgraduate School of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University G d’Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, 66013 Chieti Scalo (CH), Italy2Lundberg Laboratory of Orthopaedic Research, Department of Orthopaedics, ... into four cate-gories: type I, Ruffini corpuscles; type II, Vater-Pacinicorpuscles; type III, Golgi tendon organs; and type IV, freenerve endings. The mechanoreceptors (types I to III), foundinside...