Muscle rigidity is very common, and it can be uncomfortable. You can have stiff and tense muscles due to various causes—such as sitting or sleeping in the wrong position, or it can be the result of a ...

Muscle strength grading is used to categorize muscle strength on a scale of 0 to 5 in relation to the expected strength for a muscle. One of the more common methods is a hands-on test called the ...

If you set a goal for yourself this year to get more active and lose weight or gain muscle, you're in the right place. Most people only focus on one or the other, but it is entirely possible to ...

While most of us associate vitamin D with bone health or perhaps immune function, its role in muscle physiology is profound and far-reaching. That persistent tightness might not be responding to ...

But statins can cause some unwanted symptoms, such as muscle pain. Doctors don’t understand the exact cause of statin-related muscle pain. But there’s evidence that these drugs might change ...

Sarcopenia is muscle loss that becomes more common as you get older, with this condition involving more of a decreases in muscle mass and strength than you might otherwise experience. You can help ...

People with sartorius muscle pain may have pain in their knee or the front of their hip. Certain exercises can help strengthen the muscle and reduce pain. The sartorius is the longest muscle in a ...

Sarcopenia is a condition in which muscle mass, strength, and performance diminish with age. Treatments may include medication, eating changes, or resistance exercises. You may lose muscle mass as ...

Abstract: Objective: Shoulder exoskeletons can effectively assist with overhead work. However, their impacts on muscle synergy remain unclear. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects ...

Oral steroids bind to androgen receptors on the muscle cells and by this action, a certain effect occurs that triggers the following biological responses: protein synthesis, nitrogen retention ...