The connections between the nervous system and muscles develop differently across the kingdom of life. It takes newborn humans roughly a year to develop the proper muscular systems that support the ...

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned bodybuilder, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about ‘mind-muscle connection.’ After all, even four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler said, “Work the muscles, not ...

Your abdominal muscles surround your trunk between the rib cage and pelvis and keep your abdominal organs safe. Your core abdominal muscles also support your trunk and allow movements while keeping ...

Robots intended to work alongside people or operate in confined, unpredictable environments need actuators that can bend, ...

At one point or another, we’ve all experienced the unexpected, intense pain of a muscle cramp. Muscle cramps, also known as muscle spasms or charley horses, are the involuntary contraction of muscle ...

Time under tension (TUT) is a weightlifting technique designed to build muscle mass by increasing the time muscles spend activated during an exercise. We cover if it works and what its benefits are.

A research group led by Dr. Keisuke Obara, Dr. Kento Yoshioka, and Professor Yoshio Tanaka from the Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, has ...

Much like their name implies, the quadricep muscles were once thought to be a set of four muscles, with the name “quad” translating to “four or fourth” in Latin. However, it has since been discovered ...

It is not at all uncommon for people to complain of muscle cramps, twitching, jerks or spasms from time to time, just as your daughter has been experiencing recently. Muscle spasms like these are due ...