Our muscles are nature's actuators. The sinewy tissue is what generates the forces that make our bodies move. In recent years ...

But MIT’s new muscle-tendon system changes that equation by bridging muscle to skeleton more efficiently. And the numbers ...

Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU),Scripps Research, and others found that tendons, not muscles, are the crucial site where increased expression of a mechanosensitive ion ...

Tendon troubles can arise from inflammation, a rupture, or breakdown (degeneration) of the tendon tissue. These conditions ...

Department of Anatomy, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Correspondence to Stephanie J Woodley, Department of Anatomy, Otago School of Medical Sciences, ...

As populations age worldwide, the ability of older adults to move independently and safely has become a key determinant of ...

Individual variation in the shape and structure of the Achilles tendon may influence our susceptibility to injury later in life. Individual variation in the shape and structure of the Achilles tendon ...

Joseph Bennington-Castro is a science writer based in Hawaii. He has written well over a thousand articles for the general ...