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It is with great pleasure that I can announce: for the first time there will
be a congress devoted to research on fascia. The interest of this congress
includes all collageneous connective tissues, such as aponeuroses,
ligaments, tendons, retinaculae, joint capsules, organ and vessel tunics,
the epineurium, the meninges, the periostea, as well as all intra- &
intermuscular connective tissues.
FIRST INTERNAT. CONGRESS ON FASCIA RESEARCH
The Conference Ctr, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
October 4-5 2007. Website: www.fascia2007.com
BACKGROUND
This Fascia Research Congress has been organized by a multidisciplinary
committee of science researchers and practicing health care professionals
whose respective fields share a common focus and interest in the human
body's soft connective tissue matrix.
The principal thematic topics are: mechanical force transmission through
fascia and fascial anatomy; matrix and fibroblast biology; force adaptation
and response to loading; fascial innervation, nociception and
proprioception; fascial research in special populations; a panel discussion
of controversies in fibroblast research; and a panel for scientist-clinician
interaction and formulation of future research directions.
The emphasis and centerpiece of the conference will be the presentation of
the latest and best scientific fascia research. We have already received
confirmation of participation at the conference from 15 eminent scientists
with collectively over 1500 publications in peer reviewed journals as well
as sixteen other scientists or clinicians representing the key modalities of
this work.
TOPICS include:
- The presence of contractile cells (myofibroblasts) within the fascial
fabric, their role in creating contractile tonus in the fascial fabric, how
they form, what 'turns them on', and their influence on passive muscle
tonus.
- Biomechanical properties of fascial tissues: creep, relaxation,
hysteresis, effect of sustained spinal flexion on lumbar tissues, strain
induced hydration changes, myofascial release manipulation and fascial
viscoelastic deformation, etc.
- Mechanotransduction between the cytoskeletal structure within the cell
and the extracellular matrix, and its implications for health and disease.
- Forms of communication within the fascial matrix, such as the tugging
in the mucopolysaccharides created by twisting acupuncture needles.
- How fascia is innervated, and how proprioception and pain are created,
detected and modulated by the spinal cord and the rest of the nervous
system.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Scientists who are either engaged or interested in - Biomechanics of
ligaments and other dense fibrous connective tissues . Biomedical
Researchers . Connective tissue research . Gait & postural dynamics . Matrix
biology . Musculoskeletal dynamics . Orthopaedics . Rehabilitation .
Rheumatology . Sports medicine.
Clinicians who should attend: Acupuncturists . Athletic Trainers .
Chiropractors (DC's) . Energetic, hands-on healers (Therapeutic Touch) .
Exercise Teachers . Massage Therapists . Nutritionists . Osteopaths .
Personal Trainers . Physiatrists and other physicians practicing
neuromusculoskeletal medicine or manual medicine . Physical Therapists
(PT's) . Practitioners of Structural Integration (e.g., RolfersR) .
Prolotherapists (Sclerotherapy) . Rehabilitation Specialists
CONGRESS ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS
A.T. Still Research Institute (USA); Dept. of Anesthesiol., Ulm University
(Germany); Elsevier Health Sciences ;Internat. Assoc. of Structural
Integrators; Massage Therapy Foundation ; Rolf Institute of Structural
Integration ; University of Westminster (London/UK) ; Veteran's Biomedical
Research Institute.
You are most warmly invited to attend and even contribute to this landmark
event. The call for papers is open and you are encouraged to submit your
original paper (due February 15, 2007). (Full details of the conference
including registration and paper submission forms are located on the
conference website, www.fascia2007.com .)
Fascianatedly yours
Robert Schleip PhD
Inst. of Appl. Physiol., Ulm University, Germany
Email: robert.schleip@uni-ulm.de
Phone: +49-89-398574, Fax +49-89-337927
www.fasciaresearch.com
www.fasciaresearch.de
be a congress devoted to research on fascia. The interest of this congress
includes all collageneous connective tissues, such as aponeuroses,
ligaments, tendons, retinaculae, joint capsules, organ and vessel tunics,
the epineurium, the meninges, the periostea, as well as all intra- &
intermuscular connective tissues.
FIRST INTERNAT. CONGRESS ON FASCIA RESEARCH
The Conference Ctr, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
October 4-5 2007. Website: www.fascia2007.com
BACKGROUND
This Fascia Research Congress has been organized by a multidisciplinary
committee of science researchers and practicing health care professionals
whose respective fields share a common focus and interest in the human
body's soft connective tissue matrix.
The principal thematic topics are: mechanical force transmission through
fascia and fascial anatomy; matrix and fibroblast biology; force adaptation
and response to loading; fascial innervation, nociception and
proprioception; fascial research in special populations; a panel discussion
of controversies in fibroblast research; and a panel for scientist-clinician
interaction and formulation of future research directions.
The emphasis and centerpiece of the conference will be the presentation of
the latest and best scientific fascia research. We have already received
confirmation of participation at the conference from 15 eminent scientists
with collectively over 1500 publications in peer reviewed journals as well
as sixteen other scientists or clinicians representing the key modalities of
this work.
TOPICS include:
- The presence of contractile cells (myofibroblasts) within the fascial
fabric, their role in creating contractile tonus in the fascial fabric, how
they form, what 'turns them on', and their influence on passive muscle
tonus.
- Biomechanical properties of fascial tissues: creep, relaxation,
hysteresis, effect of sustained spinal flexion on lumbar tissues, strain
induced hydration changes, myofascial release manipulation and fascial
viscoelastic deformation, etc.
- Mechanotransduction between the cytoskeletal structure within the cell
and the extracellular matrix, and its implications for health and disease.
- Forms of communication within the fascial matrix, such as the tugging
in the mucopolysaccharides created by twisting acupuncture needles.
- How fascia is innervated, and how proprioception and pain are created,
detected and modulated by the spinal cord and the rest of the nervous
system.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Scientists who are either engaged or interested in - Biomechanics of
ligaments and other dense fibrous connective tissues . Biomedical
Researchers . Connective tissue research . Gait & postural dynamics . Matrix
biology . Musculoskeletal dynamics . Orthopaedics . Rehabilitation .
Rheumatology . Sports medicine.
Clinicians who should attend: Acupuncturists . Athletic Trainers .
Chiropractors (DC's) . Energetic, hands-on healers (Therapeutic Touch) .
Exercise Teachers . Massage Therapists . Nutritionists . Osteopaths .
Personal Trainers . Physiatrists and other physicians practicing
neuromusculoskeletal medicine or manual medicine . Physical Therapists
(PT's) . Practitioners of Structural Integration (e.g., RolfersR) .
Prolotherapists (Sclerotherapy) . Rehabilitation Specialists
CONGRESS ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS
A.T. Still Research Institute (USA); Dept. of Anesthesiol., Ulm University
(Germany); Elsevier Health Sciences ;Internat. Assoc. of Structural
Integrators; Massage Therapy Foundation ; Rolf Institute of Structural
Integration ; University of Westminster (London/UK) ; Veteran's Biomedical
Research Institute.
You are most warmly invited to attend and even contribute to this landmark
event. The call for papers is open and you are encouraged to submit your
original paper (due February 15, 2007). (Full details of the conference
including registration and paper submission forms are located on the
conference website, www.fascia2007.com .)
Fascianatedly yours
Robert Schleip PhD
Inst. of Appl. Physiol., Ulm University, Germany
Email: robert.schleip@uni-ulm.de
Phone: +49-89-398574, Fax +49-89-337927
www.fasciaresearch.com
www.fasciaresearch.de