Functional Atlas of the Human Fascial System

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Carla Stecco (Orthopaedic Surgeon; Professor of Human Anatomy and Movement Science, University of Padua, Italy) Warren I Hammer, DC, MS (Postgraduate Faculty, New York Chiropractic College, USA)

Functional Atlas of the Human Fascial System

Carla Stecco (Orthopaedic Surgeon; Professor of Human Anatomy and Movement Science, University of Padua, Italy), Warren I Hammer, DC, MS (Postgraduate Faculty, New York Chiropractic College, USA)

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English

Churchill Livingston
18 December 2014

Medicine; Anatomy; Musculoskeletal medicine

Principally based on dissections of hundreds of un-embalmed human cadavers over the past decade, Functional Atlas of the Human Fascial System presents a new vision of the human fascial system using anatomical and histological photographs along with microscopic analysis and biomechanical evaluation.

Prof. Carla Stecco - orthopaedic surgeon and professor of anatomy and sport activities - brings together the research of a multi-specialist team of researchers and clinicians consisting of anatomists, biomechanical engineers, physiotherapists, osteopaths and plastic surgeons. In this Atlas Prof. Stecco presents for the first time a global view of fasciae and the actual connections that describe the myofascial kinetic chains. These descriptions help to explain how fascia plays a part in myofascial dysfunction and disease as well as how it may alter muscle function and disturb proprioceptive input. Prof. Stecco also highlights the continuity of the fascial planes, explaining the function of the fasciae and their connection between muscles, nerves and blood vessels. This understanding will help guide the practitioner in selecting the proper technique for a specific fascial problem with a view to enhancing manual therapy methods.

Functional Atlas of the Human Fascial System opens with the first chapter classifying connective tissue and explaining its composition in terms of percentages of fibres, cells and extracellular matrix. The second chapter goes on to describe the general characteristics of the superficial fascia from a macroscopic and microscopic point of view; while the third analyzes the deep fascia in the same manner. The subsequent five chapters describe the fasciae from a topographical perspective. In this part of the Atlas, common anatomical terminology is used throughout to refer to the various fasciae but it also stresses the continuity of fasciae between the different bodily regions.

Over 300 unique photographs which show fascia on fresh (not embalmed) cadavers

Demonstrates the composition, form and function of the fascial system

Highlights the role of the deep fascia for proprioception and peripheral motor coordination

Companion website - www.atlasfascial.com - with videos showing how fascia connects with ligaments

By: Carla Stecco (Orthopaedic Surgeon; Professor of Human Anatomy and Movement Science University of Padua Italy)
Revised by: Warren I Hammer DC MS (Postgraduate Faculty New York Chiropractic College USA)
Imprint: Churchill Livingston
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 219mm, Width: 276mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1.640kg
ISBN: 9780702044304
ISBN 10: 070204430X
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 18 December 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

- Carla Stecco is co-author of the book Manipolazione fasciale: parte pratica di Luigi Stecco and Carla Stecco (Piccin, Padova, 2007), translated into English as Fascial Manipulation: practical part by Luigi and Carla Stecco, 2009, Piccin, Italy - Author of two chapters ( Manipolazione fasciale , pp. 56-59 and Manipolazione fasciale nel trattamento dei reumatismi extrarticolari , pp. 282-287) in the book La riabilitazione integrata delle patologie reumatiche of Nava T. (2006), Masson ed., Milano. - Author of three chapters in the book Fascia in Manual Therapy by Schleip, Findley, Chaitow & Huijing, Elsevier (in press) Published extensively in a variety of journals