Both endurance activities are great for cardiovascular health, but which is better when it comes to building lower limb ...

Muscle growth, or hypertrophy, is an increase in the weight of a muscle with no change in the number of fibers present. Depending on your physical needs and goals, you may be interested in taking ...

When you're building muscle, it is easy to expect quick results, especially when you see others making progress. The process, however, is quite slow and depends on more factors than just hitting ...

Muscles can be stretched from the proximal or distal tendon to failure. Variables of interest include the rate of strain (1cm/sec, 10cm/sec, and 100cm/sec) and muscle architecture (pennation) or ...

Cartilage is found at the ends of bones and where joints meet. Tendons attach muscles to the skeleton. Synovial joints (freely movable joints) allow us the free movement to perform skills and ...

Teachers aren't the only ones who carefully follow grading systems. Physical therapists use a muscle strength grading system to define how a muscle or group of muscles is performing. PTs commonly use ...

ProfessorDr J Dequeker, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; jan.dequeker{at}med.kuleuven.be The history of osteoarthritis-osteoarthrosis ...