The muscular system is made up of over 600 muscles, and each has a part to play in how our bodies function. In addition to allowing movement, muscles control our heartbeat and breathing, aid in ...

Learn more about the different types of muscle contractions, how to do them, what they’re used for, and the benefits.

Typically, nerve stimulation and the concomitant monitoring of muscle contractions or twitches are used to assess the level of neuromuscular block.

A team of researchers has developed a simple lab-based system for growing human muscle cells that are capable of vigorously contracting.

Current medical imaging technology misses important data regarding muscle contraction, including the ways in which a muscle's shape changes when it contracts, how the muscle bulges, and how its ...

Without this protein, the muscles tear faster than the body can repair them, a process called contraction injury. Over time, the muscles waste away.

Muscular endurance refers to a muscle’s ability to work over a period of time. Some exercises and tips can help you improve it, such as increasing the number of reps you perform.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rapidly progressive disease that causes whole-body muscle weakness and atrophy due to deficiency in a protein called dystrophin. Researchers have developed a new ...

Accomplishing perhaps a world first, researchers at Columbia University and the UChicago-affiliated Marine Biological Laboratory have mapped the full-body muscular activity of an animal while it was ...

Researchers at the Universities of Maynooth and Bonn discover a new connection in muscular dystrophy Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscle disease in children and is passed ...