If you’re a runner, there’s a good chance you've suffered from shin splints before—the lower-leg pain you feel just behind ...

While the showoff muscles get all the acclaim, they'd be nothing without the supporting cast of smaller stabilizers and ...

The vastus medialis, otherwise known as the vastus medialis oblique (VMO), is a teardrop-shaped muscle in the front of your thigh that ... Synovial plica syndrome of the knee: A commonly overlooked ...

It’s funny how hearing certain names and numbers instantly evokes a flood of fond memories for avid muscle car lovers, especially for lucky enthusiasts who were in their late teens and 20s in ...

Tibialis anterior (TA) muscle from 22-month Desmin/nls-LacZ (ref. 25) and MLC/Igf-1×Desmin/nls-LacZ mice were injected with 30 μl of 10 μM cardiotoxin, diluted in PBS. The TA muscles were ...

The acute traumatic or surgical loss of skeletal muscle, known as volumetric muscle loss (VML), is a devastating type of injury that results in exacerbated and persistent inflammation followed by ...

Skeletal muscle atrophy and the inhibition of muscle regeneration are known to occur as a natural consequence of aging, yet the underlying mechanisms that lead to these processes in atrophic myofibers ...

Results: Although the initial stage of virus transport from the soleus muscle (predominantly slow-twitch) appeared to be more rapid than that associated with the tibialis anterior muscle ...

The investigators were not blinded during the testing. To assess skeletal muscle atrophy, 10-μm-thick cryosections of tibialis anterior muscles taken at the mid-belly were processed for immunostaining ...