ForceNET Funded Projects

The Power of Touch in Cancer Recovery

Can massage and communication improve muscle health after breast cancer?

ForceNET researchers are exploring this question! Learn how Dr. David Lipps, University of Michigan, is investigating the effects of myofascial massage on breast cancer survivors:

Effects of myofascial massage and patient-therapist communication on pectoralis major properties in breast cancer survivors (link coming soon)

Seeing Beneath the Surface

Researchers are using cameras and digital image correlation to develop non-invasive biomarkers for soft tissue manipulation.

Learn more about this ForceNeET-funded project here:

Optical Measurements of the Skin Surface to Infer Distinctions in Myofascial Tissue Stiffness

Osteocyte Mechanotransduction in Vivo

ForceNET is supporting research to investigate how bone cells sense and respond to mechanical forces, with implications for osteoporosis treatment.