Muscle
9 studies, 13 episodes on Muscle — reviewed, translated, woven together.
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Research
- 2020
The Structure and Role of Intramuscular Connective Tissue in Muscle Function
Peter P PurslowThis narrative review analyzes the microscopic structure of intramuscular connective tissue—endomysium, perimysium, and epimysium—and its role in muscle function. Rather than acting simply as a container, this connectiv…
- 2019
A prophylactic effect of local vibration on quadriceps muscle fatigue in non-athletic males: a randomized controlled trial study
Khadijeh Otadi, Mehri Ghasemi, Shohreh Jalaie, Hossein Bagheri, Morteza Azizian, Saeid Emamdoost, Hadi Sarafraz, Mustap…This randomized controlled trial investigated whether local vibration could prevent muscle fatigue. Thirty healthy, non-athletic young men were divided into two groups: one received two minutes of vibration on their qua…
- 2018
Release of fascial compartment boundaries reduces muscle force output
Roy J Ruttiman, David A Sleboda,, Thomas J RobertsIn this animal study, researchers investigated how the fascial sheets that enclose muscles affect their function. They surgically removed the fascia from a wing muscle in wild turkeys to see how it changed the muscle's…
- 2018
Emission of Biophotons and Adjustable Sounds by the Fascial System: Review and Reflections for Manual Therapy
Bruno Bordoni, F Marelli, B Morabito, B SacconiIn this narrative review, the authors explore how fascia, the web of connective tissue enveloping everything in the body, might communicate. They discuss research suggesting the fascial system may emit faint light parti…
- 2016
Whole-Body and Local Muscle Vibration Immediately Improve Quadriceps Function in Individuals With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Derek N Pamukoff, Brian Pietrosimone, Michael D Lewek, Eric D Ryan, Paul S Weinhold, Dustin R Lee, J Troy BlackburnThis randomized crossover trial investigated the immediate effects of vibration on quadriceps function in individuals with a prior anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Twenty participants performed isometric…
- 2016
Fascial hierarchies and the relevance of crossed-helical arrangements of collagen to changes in the shape of muscles
Graham ScarrMuscles are complex structures wrapped in layers of fascia reinforced with collagen fibers. This article describes how these collagen fibers are often arranged in a specific crisscrossing, spiral-like pattern known as a…
- 2014
Peripheral Mechanisms Contributing to Spasticity and Implications for Treatment
Antonio Stecco, Carla Stecco, P RaghavanThis narrative review explores how changes in connective tissue might contribute to spasticity following a central nervous system injury. The authors suggest that the initial injury can alter the turnover of hyaluronic…
- 2012
Nutritional regulation of muscle protein synthesis with resistance exercise: strategies to enhance anabolism
Tyler A Churchward-Venne, Nicholas A Burd, Stuart M PhillipsIn this 2012 review article, the authors discuss how nutrition can regulate muscle protein synthesis, especially when combined with resistance exercise. Consuming protein (amino acids) stimulates muscle building, an eff…
- 2005
Coordinated collagen and muscle protein synthesis in human patella tendon and quadriceps muscle after exercise
Benjamin F Miller, Jens L Olesen, Mette Hansen, Simon Dossing, Regina M Crameri, Rasmus J Welling, Henning Langberg, Al…Researchers investigated how strenuous exercise affects protein synthesis in both muscle and tendon. In this study, healthy young men performed one-legged kicking exercises, and biopsies were taken over the next 72 hour…
Podcast
- Ep. 014
14. Dr. Gerald Pollack on the fourth phase of water – and its role in memory, energy, and cancer
The episode was first published on the Swedish podcast Fasciaguiden on June 4, 2025. In this unique episode, we meet Professor Gerald Pollack — one of the world’s most influential researchers in wate…
- Ep. 165
165. Gerald Pollack
In this unique episode, we meet Professor Gerald Pollack, one of the world's most influential researchers in water science. Together with Axel and Hans, we delve into structured water, the internal p…
- Ep. 158
158. Fascia: a system and four organs?
Is Fascia a system, an organ, or just the membrane around muscles? At the end of 2024, a research report was published that sparked a major debate in the world of fascia: Fascia is not an organ as ha…
- Ep. 141
141. What happens to flow when you're tense?
Most people have probably experienced tense muscles, and many are well aware of pelvic imbalances and poor posture, but what does this look like on the inside? How much is actually supposed to fit in…
- Ep. 135
135. How to show the living body?
How does the body look, in our minds, when we think about, talk about, and try to understand the body? Without thinking about it, we picture it as still images of muscles, organs, skeletons, and cell…
- Ep. 130
130. What is Fascia?
What is Fascia? is the title of episode 130 of the Fascia Guide podcast. So we have released about 129 hours of podcast about Fascia and yet it feels justified to try to answer the question again. Be…
- Ep. 002
02. What is Fascia?
What is Fascia It might be a simple question, but it literally takes hours to answer it. Fascia is the connective tissue that encapsulates everything in the body, from muscles and skeleton, to organs…
- Ep. 001
01. Why Fascia?
The first episode of the English podcast “The Fascia Guide”. The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be aliv…
- Ep. 111
111. What is a muscle, what is an organ & what is the living wetsuit?
Camilla has read the book The Living Wetsuit and feels inspired. Sue Adstrum explains the body in a simple way and opens up a new way of understanding it. This leads to a conversation about a celebra…
- Ep. 025
25. What DOES Fascia Do? – Fascia & Research
The fascia has numerous functions. We have previously gone through the simple explanation, how the Fascia absorbs and relieves pressure and helps us handle everything we subject our bodies to daily.…
- Ep. 004
04. How Fascia Works & How It Helps Us Understand Back Pain & Cancer
Recent years of research show that Fascia has a much greater significance for health, aches, and pain than we previously thought. Fascia is a network of connective tissue, without beginning or end, t…
- Ep. 003
03. What is Fascia? How researchers discovered new cells and a new organ
In the first two episodes, we have established that there are different ways of looking at the body and that there are major shortcomings in our Western way of viewing both human beings and the body…
- Ep. 001
01. Why Fascia?
The Fascia Guide is a podcast about the living body, about new research and a new perspective on health, pain and what it means to be alive. There is an ongoing global revolution in the anatomical re…