Antonio Stecco

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

PhD and MD from Padua University

Fellowship, Rudgers/Kessler, Musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Antonio Stecco is a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Langone Health. He is a graduate in Medicine and Surgery, and specialized in Physics Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Padua, Italy. He has personally made over 100 cadaver dissections for research purposes and has authored more than 50 papers about the extensor in fasciae, co-authored five books, and several chapters of international texts published by Elsevier.

His scientific activity is devoted to studying the human fasciae from a macroscopical, histological, and physiopathological point of view. He has been particularly interested in the properties of hyaluronic acid to densify and create movement restrictions in the fascia.

He is also a co-founder of the Fascial Manipulation Association and has organized and personally taught theoretical and practical courses about the Fascial Manipulation method on all five major continents since 2007.

• 2023
  Change in gliding properties of the iliotibial tract in hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome
  A++
• 2022
  Hyaluronan homeostasis and its role in pain and muscle stiffness
  A+++
• 2021
  Fascial thickness and stiffness in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  A+++
• 2021
  Fascial or Muscle Stretching? A Narrative Review
  A++
• 2020
  T1ρ‐Mapping for Musculoskeletal Pain Diagnosis: Case Series of Variation of Water Bound Glycosaminoglycans Quantification before and after Fascial Manipulation® in Subjects with Elbow Pain
  A
• 2020
  Ultrasound imaging of a scar on the knee: Sonopalpation for fascia and subcutaneous tissues
  A++
• 2019
  Fascial Entrapment Neuropathy
  A++
• 2019
  Stiffness and echogenicity: Development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solving
  B
• 2019
  Inter and Intra operator reliability of motor and palpation evaluation in fascial manipulation in individuals coxarthrosis
  A++
• 2017
  Evaluation of fascial manipulation in carpal tunnel syndrome
  B
• 2016
  Fascial Manipulation® for chronic aspecific low back pain: a single blinded randomized controlledtrial.
  A+++
• 2016
  Fascial Manipulation Associated With Standard Care Compared to Only Standard Postsurgical Care for Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  A
• 2016
  Human Recombinant Hyaluronidase Injections For Upper Limb Muscle Stiffness in Individuals With Cerebral Injury: A Case Series
  A
• 2015
  Viscoelastic Properties of Hyaluronan in Physiological Conditions
  1A+++
• 2014
  Painful Connections: Densification Versus Fibrosis of Fascia
  1A+
• 2014
  Deformations Experienced in the Human Skin, Adipose Tissue, and Fascia in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
  A
• 2014
  Peripheral Mechanisms Contributing to Spasticity and Implications for Treatment
  1A+
• 2013
  Squeeze film lubrication for non-Newtonian fluids with application to manual medicine
  A++
• 2013
  Mathematical Analysis of the Flow of Hyaluronic Acid Around Fascia During Manual Therapy Motions
  A++
• 2013
  Fascial Components of the Myofascial Pain Syndrome
  1A+
• 2012
  Mathematical model of fiber orientation in anisotropic fascia layers at large displacements
  A
• 2011
  Hyaluronan within fascia in the etiology of myofascial pain
  1A+++
• 2011
  Fascia redefined: anatomical features and technical relevance in fascial flap surgery
  B
• 2010
  How much time is required to modify a fascial fibrosis?
  A