Medical Hypotheses
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 273-277, 2005

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

  • R. Schleip

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Applied Physiology, Georgenstrasse 22, 80799 Munich, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 346016; fax: +49 89 337927
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  • W. Klingler
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  • F. Lehmann-Horn

Department of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany

Received 7 March 2005; accepted 9 March 2005. published online 29 April 2005.

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PII: S0306-9877(05)00148-9

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2005.03.005

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 273-277, 2005