RPI Biology Professor Doug Swank, Ph.D., was recently awarded the prestigious Marion J. Siegman Lectureship Award from the American Physiological Society. The award recognizes researchers who have ...

The time period in which muscles heal after injury may depend on biological sex, and applying personalized treatment may help optimize recovery, according to a new study. Researchers from Duquesne ...

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Muscle contraction is the tightening, shortening, or lengthening of muscles when you do some activity. It can happen when you hold or pick up something, or when you stretch or exercise with weights.

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If you’re fascinated by health and human physiology and have a passion for fitness, bring your interests together with study in a doctorate of Integrative Physiology. We take a system-level approach ...

Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that controls movement. Problems with these muscles can be minor, life-threatening, or ongoing problems that make it hard to perform basic daily activities.

8-minute bed routine to rebuild muscle after 65, from a certified personal trainer, using low-load strength moves and time ...

There are a bunch of different reasons that serious endurance athletes generally don’t have big pipes. The most obvious one is that they spend a lot of time running and pedaling and so on, and very ...

As muscle loss accelerates with age, experts say simple daily movements can be more effective than traditional gym machines for rebuilding strength, improving coordination, and supporting long-term ...