Abstract
Fascia is a fibrous connective tissue present all over the body. This study focuses on the deep fascia that is overlying muscles of the outer thigh. Indeed, fascia lata is involved in various pathologies, such as iliotibial band syndrome, inflammatory lesions, traumatic injuries etc. (Huang et al. 2013). This fascia has a sheathing effect on muscles and a stabiliser effect on the knee and hip joints during movements (Eng et al. 2014); however, these sheathing and stabiliser effects have not been quantified yet. Skin is connected to the muscle via fascia and adipose tissues. It also plays a role of sheath on underlying tissues. Thus, body movements cause the stretching of all these tissues. To unserstand what are the involed mechanical phenomena in these tissues and how they interact, the objective of this study is to look at superfical strain fields of the skin and deep fascia of the thigh during knee flexion extension movements.
Highlights
Fascia is a fibrous connective tissue present all over the body
To unserstand what are the involed mechanical phenomena in these tissues and how they interact, the objective of this study is to look at superfical strain fields of the skin and deep fascia of the thigh during knee flexion extension movements
Principal strain directions differ above the iliotibial tract (ITT) and on the area of ITT
Summary
Fascia is a fibrous connective tissue present all over the body. This study focuses on the deep fascia that is overlying muscles of the outer thigh. (Huang et al 2013). Fascia lata is involved in various pathologies, such as iliotibial band syndrome, inflammatory lesions, traumatic injuries etc. This fascia has a sheathing effect on muscles and a stabiliser effect on the knee and hip joints during movements (Eng et al 2014); these sheathing and stabiliser effects have not been quantified yet. Skin is connected to the muscle via fascia and adipose tissues. It plays a role of sheath on underlying tissues. Body movements cause the stretching of all these tissues
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