If you experience aches during your yoga practice, they could be due to these surprising and unexpected causes of shoulder ...

A study suggests that grape consumption could influence genes tied to muscle growth and recovery. With polyphenols like ...

To test whether the neurons were functional, the researchers injected them into the brains of rats treated with a neurotoxin ...

Calcium transport into and out of mitochondria is central to cellular energy production and cell death. To maintain the ...

To allow antagonistic pairs to work efficiently, other muscles called fixators assist by supporting and stabilising the joint and the rest of the body. The trapezius muscle can act as a fixator ...

Did you ever get stiff, sore, or like your body just isn't moving the way it used to? Most of us assume it is just sore ...

Dec. 16, 2024 — A novel drug holds promise for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic disorder that causes severe muscle degeneration. Researchers have discovered that an ...

After initial protection, the primary rehabilitation goal is to progressively load recovering tissue to promote its optimal adaptation back to full strength, elasticity, capability and function.6 The ...

Spinal cord injury leads to loss of innervation of skeletal muscle, decreased motor function, and significantly reduced load on skeletal muscle, resulting in atrophy. Factors such as braking, hormone ...

Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...