Active fascial contractility: Fascia may be able to contract in a smooth muscle-like manner and thereby influence musculoskeletal dynamics

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-277

  Schleip, R ^a,b   Klingler, W ^a   Lehmann Horn, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Department of Applied Physiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; MEPYRAMINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FASCIA; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; WOUND CONTRACTION;

EID: 19744375203     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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