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ReviewCureus2021

Fascial Nomenclature: Update 2021, Part 2.

Bruno Bordoni, Allan R Escher, Filippo Tobbi, Bruno Ducoux, Serge Paoletti

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Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fascia, Eh. What Is It? What Is It Good for?Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Bruno BordoniPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Foundation Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, ITA.
Allan R EscherAnesthesiology/Pain Medicine, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, USA.
Filippo TobbiOsteopathy, Poliambulatorio Medico e Odontoiatrico, Varese, ITA.
Bruno DucouxOsteopathy, FROP Formation Recherche Osteopathie Prévention, Bordeaux, FRA.
Serge PaolettiOsteopathic Medicine, Académie d'Ostéopathie de France, Paris, FRA.
Moffitt Cancer Center · USUniversity College of Osteopathy · GBRehabilitation Foundation · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fascial continuum is a topic of debate, in particular, its classification into a nomenclature that researchers and medical figures can agree on. Most likely, the difficulty in finding the uniqueness of this topic lies in the fact that only some scientific figures with certain specialties write articles to state their point of view. We know, however, that a matter that involves the human body cannot be taken into consideration only by some scientific arguments, but by all the notions capable of completing a multidisciplinary and impartial vision. The fascia, too often, becomes a destination for earning and selling, to the detriment of the entire scientific community. The second part of the article on fascial nomenclature tries to obtain a new definition of what could be considered the fascial continuum, based on the most innovative information in the literature; the ultimate goal is to give free reflections on the subject in full intellectual freedom.

Indexed as

fasciafascial continuumfascial systemfascintegrityosteopathic

Identifiers

PMID33604227
PMCPMC7880823
OpenAlexW3126772589

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Registered trials

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