As skeletal muscle comprises 30–40% of body mass, the altered basal metabolic rate in patients with thyroid hormone excess or deficiency is largely due to changes in skeletal muscle energy turnover ...

You’ve tried everything. Stretching routines, massage therapy, foam rolling, hot baths, and still, that nagging tightness in your muscles persists. Before you book another bodywork session or invest ...

Micro-organisms in the gut support healthy digestion by helping nerve cells within the intestine to regulate the contraction and relaxation of the muscle wall of the colon, according to new research ...

In the first of the papers 1, Andrew Huxley and Rolf Niedergerke reported measurements of the optically dense ‘A-bands’ in intact fibres from striated (skeletal) muscle. Using a novel interference ...