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ReviewClinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.)2026

Fascia, Eh. What Is It? What Is It Good for?

Paul E Neumann, Heba Labib, Martin Lhuaire, Noel T Boaz, Geoffroy P J C Noel, Carlos Suárez-Quian, Chernet Tessema, Peter J Ward, Anthony J Weinhaus, Mahindra K Anand and 1 more

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Review in Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

11 authors.

Paul E NeumannDepartment of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8480-4799
Heba LabibDepartment of Preclinical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, William Carey University, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1007-3065
Martin LhuaireDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
Noel T BoazLaboratory of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Integrative Centers for Science and Medicine, Martinsville, Virginia, USA.
Geoffroy P J C NoelDivision of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA.
Carlos Suárez-QuianDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Chernet TessemaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
Peter J WardDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA.
Anthony J WeinhausDepartment of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Mahindra K AnandDepartment of Anatomy, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Alan J DettonDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Opinions on the meaning of the term fascia appear to have been diverging for the past quarter century. In 1998, the definition of fascia in the international standard anatomical nomenclature was narrowed by removing the term fascia superficialis. On the other hand, fascia researchers, who continue to widely accept the term superficial fascia, have progressively broadened their definition of fascia and proposed that fasciae constitute an anatomical system, the fascial system. Here we examine competing concepts from an anatomical perspective with the goal of finding a position that could lead to a consensus among anatomists, other biomedical scientists and health practitioners with an interest in fascia. We endorse a return to the traditional view that fasciae are fibrous membranes that compartmentalize and connect parts of the body, that they are primarily composed of sheets or sheaths of dense irregular connective tissue, and that they are not parts of well-defined organs. They are prominent components of the integument, musculature, lining of the body cavities, and extraperitoneal spaces. The proposal that fibrous membranous components of the skeleton and nervous system are also fasciae merits further study and discussion.

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FasciaTerminology as TopicHumansanatomyconnective tissuefasciafascial systemfibrous membranenomenclatureontologyterminology

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PMID41277747
PMCPMC12914158

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