Publications: Scientists

Willard FH, Vleeming A, Schuenke MD, Danneels L, Schleip R. J Anat 221: 507-36 (2012)

What is 'fascia'? A review of different nomenclatures.

Schleip R, Jäger H, Klingler W. J Bodyw Mov Ther 16: 496-502 (2012)

Training principles for fascial connective tissues: scientific foundation and suggested practical applications.

Schleip R, Mueller DG. J Bodyw Mov Ther 17: 103-15 (2013)

Strain hardening of fascia: Static stretching of dense fibrous connective tissues can induce a temporary stiffness increase accompanied by enhanced matrix hydration

Schleip R, Duerselen L, Vleeming A, Naylor IL, Lehmann-Horn F, Zorn A, Jaeger H, Klingler W., J Bodyw Mov Ther 16(1): 94-100 (2012)

The fascial network: an exploration of its load bearing capacity and its potential as a pain generator

Vleeming et al: Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain, Los Angeles, 2010, pp 215-218

Active fascial contractility: an in vitro mechanographic investigation

Schleip R et al., in: Findley TW & Schleip R (eds.), Fascia research – Basic science and implications for conventional and complementary health care. Elsevier Science, Munich 2007.

Zorn A et al., in: Findley TW & Schleip R (eds.), Fascia research – Basic science and implications for conventional and complementary health care. Elsevier Science, Munich 2007 (plus video)

Fascia is able to actively contract and thereby to influence musculoskeletal mechanics

Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany 2006, pp 51-54

Letter to the Editor concerning "A hypothesis of chronic back pain: ligament subfailure injuries lead to muscle control dysfunction" (M. Panjabi).

Eur Spine J (2007) 16(10):1733-5

In this response to Manohar Panjabi's previously posted hypothesis we suggest to include the thoracolumbar fascia into the proposed new explanatory model for chronic back pain. We present evidence that the thoracolumbar fascia is significantly involved in all three levels of the hypothesis: the transducer (mechanosensory) function of spinal connective tissues, their structural role, and their proneness for subfailure injuries. The full text version is available for subscribers or for purchase from Springer Verlag.

Active fascial contractility: Fascia is able to contract and relax in a smooth muscle like manner and thereby influence biomechanical behavior

Acta Physiologica(2006) 186 Suppl 1, 247, Abstract

Active fascial contractility: Fascia is able to actively contract and relax in a smooth muscle-like manner and thereby influence biomechanical behavior

September 2005, 1st Internat. Congress of Osteopathic Medicine, Poster

Passive muscle stiffness may be influenced by active contractility of intramuscular connective tissue

Medical Hypotheses (2006) 66, 66-71

Active fascial contractility: Fascia may be able to contract in a smooth muscle-like manner and thereby influence musculoskeletal dynamics

Medical Hypotheses (2005) 65, 273-277

Presentation to “5th Interdiscipl. World Congress on Low Back Pelvic Pain”

November 2004, slides & text of oral presentation (PDF-file, 370 KB)

Active Contraction of the Thoracolumbar Fascia - indications of a new factor in low back pain research with implications for manual therapy

May 2004, 2-page abstract for the 5th World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain (PDF file, 50 KB)