Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2018 Aug 2;52(23):1497. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099308

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

PMC Copyright notice

Factors influencing the mechanical stiffness of fascial tissues and their hypothesised impact. Up arrows symbolise a positive effect (eg, increased cellular contractility increases stiffness), down arrows symbolise a negative effect (eg, increased use of corticosteroids decreases stiffness) and double arrows symbolise an ambiguous association (eg, hyaluronan decreases stiffness if mobilised by mechanical stimuli, but leads to increased stiffness if no stimuli are applied). ECM, extracellular matrix.