63 results for "Connective tissue"
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The deep fascia and its role in chronic pain and pathological conditions: A review
Flemming Kondrup, Nathaly Gaudreault, Gabriel Venne
This narrative review explores the deep fascia, a three-dimensional continuum of connective tissue surrounding muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. The researchers identified five common conditions associated with fascia…
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Innervation of human superficial fascia
Caterina Fede, Lucia Petrelli, Carmelo Pirri, Winfried Neuhuber, Cesare Tiengo, Carlo Biz, Raffaele De Caro, Robert Schleip, Carla Stecco
This study examined the superficial fascia, a thin layer of connective tissue within the skin's fat layer, to understand its nerve supply. Researchers found that this tissue is densely packed with nerves, particularly a…
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The effects of collagen peptide supplementation on body composition, collagen synthesis, and recovery from joint injury and exercise: a systematic review
Mishti Khatri, Robert J Naughton, Tom Clifford, Liam D Harper, Liam Corr
This systematic review evaluated 15 randomized controlled trials on how collagen peptide supplementation interacts with exercise to affect joint health and recovery. The findings suggest that collagen may be most effect…
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The challenges of chronic pain and fatigue
Jessica A Eccles, Kevin A Davies
In this review article, the authors explore the challenges of chronic pain and fatigue, two common and frequently overlapping symptoms. They discuss possible underlying biological associations, including connective tiss…
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Fascia Focused Manual Therapy Interventions-Proposed Treatment for Post-COVID Syndrome
John Sharkey
This report proposes that fascia-focused manual therapies may be an appropriate treatment for patients with post-COVID syndrome. The author suggests that many of the long-term symptoms following COVID-19, such as soft t…
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A Closer Look at the Cellular and Molecular Components of the Deep/Muscular Fasciae
Caterina Fede, Carmelo Pirri, Chenglei Fan, Lucia Petrelli, Diego Guidolin, Raffaele De Caro, Carla Stecco
This narrative review describes fascia as a complex and dynamic connective tissue network. This network is composed of different cell types, an extracellular matrix, and nerve fibers. Each component plays a specific rol…
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