For most people, swallowing is second nature, but how does it occur, and why do some people have difficulty with it?

Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have developed a mathematical model that recreates the muscle movements of the ...

The mathematical model is a computer simulation that shows how muscles in the throat and esophagus move when we swallow.

As a doctor of physical therapy, I work with clients every day who are dealing with pain. The pain-medicine industry might tell you there are endless ways to re ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 67, No. 1 (Sep. 15, 1970), pp. 345-350 (6 pages) ...

Increasing muscle temperature through warm-ups enhances contractile function and power, but maximum force remains unchanged, ...

Though many people experience muscle twitching, it's often incorrectly identified as a muscle spasm. While both are involuntary contractions of a muscle, muscle spasms and muscle twitching aren't ...

Time under contraction is not directly measured in a typical weight training program. Most people really don't even think about the number of seconds a given muscle is forced to work. Indirectly, ...