🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Modern
Cross Fiber Friction (Deep Transverse Friction)クロスファイバー・フリクション（深部横断摩擦）
Friction at right angles to the fibres of tendon and ligament, systematised by orthopaedic physician James Cyriax, for adhesions and scar tissue.
This name is recorded with basic database information. An in-depth article will follow.
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- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Era
- Modern
- Classification
- Clinical massage
- Techniques
- Pressure
- Practitioner body parts
- Finger / Thumb
- Medium
- None
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Deep Transverse Friction · Cyriax Friction · DTF
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