ArticleJournal of anatomy2019
Fascia thickness, aging and flexibility: is there an association?
Article in Journal of anatomy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06950541 (The Impact of Myofascial Therapy on Connective Tissue), which is not on this map. Cited by 73 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Impact of Myofascial Therapy on Connective Tissue
Who cites it
73 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acute Effects of Dynamic and Ballistic Stretching on Flexibility: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of resistance circuit training on comprehensive health indicators in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Yi Jin Jing on enhancing muscle strength and physical performance in older individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Associations between trunk mobility, pain, and quality of life in individuals with chronic low back pain treated with different therapeutic protocols: Potential clinical parameters.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- The effects of TECAR therapy on pain, range of motion, strength and subscale of HAGOS questionnaire in athletes with chronic adductor related groin pain: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- Effects of percussive massage therapy on fascia echo intensity and fascia thickness in firefighters with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- The effects of static and dynamic stretching on deep fascia stiffness: a randomized, controlled cross-over study.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
- Acute Effects of Percussive Massage Therapy on Thoracolumbar Fascia Thickness and Ultrasound Echo Intensity in Healthy Male Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- The Effects Of Myofascial Release Technique Combined With Core Stabilization Exercise In Elderly With Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled, Single-Blind Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Trial
- Thoracolumbar Fascia Remodeling in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Translational Orthopedic Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- One of These Things Is Not Like the Others: Disentangling the Concepts of Range of Motion Versus Flexibility, and Flexibility Training Versus Stretching.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Sciatic denervation differentially remodels skeletal muscle and deep fascia in the lower limb of male mice.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- The supraspinatus fascia: a consistently two-layered structure with nociceptive innervation and differential functional anatomy.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2026Article
- Structural and functional anatomy of the retinaculum cutis: review and new insights.Anatomical science international · 2026Article
- Age Associations with Hamstring Tightness, Trunk Flexibility, and Lumbar Lordosis in Sedentary Adult Females: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2026Article
- MRI and Ultrasound of the Thoracolumbar Fascia in the Setting of Degenerative Spinal Diseases.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Thoracolumbar fascia thickness and body mass index as predictors of pain sensitivity: a single-blinded experimental hypertonic saline study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Characteristics of lower limb skeletal muscles of community-dwelling, elderly women and their relationships with gait function and daily physical activity: a fundamental study for early detection of sarcopenia using quantitative and qualitative evaluations of lower limb skeletal muscles by ultrasonography.Journal of rural medicine : JRM · 2025Article
- Microstructural topography of the inferior temporal septum and its clinical implications.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025Article
- Classification of paravertebral muscle trophism and its correlation with thoraco-lumbar fascia thickening in patients with chronic low back pain.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The morphology of the connective tissue may play an important role in locomotor mechanics. Recent research has revealed an association between increased fascia thickness and reduced joint flexibility in patients with chronic pain. The present study aimed to examine the relationship of both factors in healthy individuals, additionally testing the hypothesis that older subjects display a higher fascia thickness. Young (n = 18, 22 ± 1 years) and old (n = 17, 69 ± 4 years) healthy females were recruited for a quasi-experimental, cross-sectional trial. All participants underwent standardized ultrasound-based thickness measurements of the deep fasciae of the trunk and lower limb. Flexibility was assessed using sit and reach testing (hamstring extensibility) and the Schober test (lumbar flexion and extension). Systematic between-group differences of fascia thickness and variable associations (i.e. fascia thickness and flexibility) were detected using non-parametric data analyses. Young adults exhibited higher fascia thickness of the anterior and posterior lower leg, anterior thigh and abdominal wall (+12.3-25.8%, P < 0.05). Conversely, older participants showed higher thickness in the lumbar spine (+40.0-76.7%, P < 0.05). Correlations of both body mass and fascia thickness (τ = 0.45-0.75, P < 0.05), as well as flexibility and fascia thickness (τ = 0.38-0.42, P < 0.05) were found. Age-related changes in fascia thickness may be a contributing factor of restrictions in joint range of motion. Further study delineating the cause-effect triangle of body mass index, flexibility and fascia thickness is necessary.
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