Abstract: Shape memory alloy (SMA) wires are one of the widely used materials for soft artificial muscles. However, SMA artificial muscles have two problems, including limited load holding ability due ...

Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves more attention—and how to strengthen it. Lower back pain is often ...

Smooth muscle cell migration occurs during vascular development, in response to vascular injury, and during atherogenesis. Many proximal signals and signal transduction pathways activated during ...

But nothing the Governator said has endured like his ode to lifting, to the hot rush of blood felt in a muscle after umpteen repetitions, which, in “Pumping Iron,” he famously likens to an ...

Pain behind the ear and down the neck and shoulder may result from tension or injury in the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Other possible symptoms include headaches, dizziness, and tingling.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Physical exercise prevents the transition of acute muscle pain to chronic pain by modulating macrophage activity. Exercise activates PPAR-gamma, which inhibits ...

After a tough workout, muscle recovery was no better in women who immersed themselves in chilly water than in women who didn’t. No recovery benefits came from a hot soak, either. The decidedly ...

Mice treated with Klotho protein lived up to 20% longer than untreated mice, which would be like extending human life from 80 to 96 years The treatment improved multiple systems ...

In the fall of 1963, the 1964 Pontiac LeMans GTO officially established the ‘muscle car’ genre by pairing an intermediate body with the V8 from the big Pontiacs (Catalina and Bonneville).

New research suggests you can get noticeable muscle gains from shorter strength training sessions. Researchers found that lifting for just 30 minutes, twice a week, helped people increase their ...