Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their ...

RPI Biology Professor Doug Swank, Ph.D., was recently awarded the prestigious Marion J. Siegman Lectureship Award from the ...

As people age, muscles naturally lose mass and strength, a condition known as sarcopenia. The decline can make everyday activities harder and increases the risk of falls, disability and early death.

For most people, retirement is a time to rest and enjoy the quiet rewards of a life well lived. For Naunihal Singh, it became a daily battle with pain.

The yips and dystonia aren’t a lack of skill they’re a nervous system interruption of an already learned movement.

Abstract: Lactate monitoring is essential for the diagnosis and management of metabolic disorders, such as mitochondrial myopathies. To detect these conditions, assessment of lactate levels during ...

Muscle twitches fall into two main types. There’s myoclonus, where a whole muscle or group of muscles twitch or spasm. Then ...

Background Quadriceps maximal voluntary contraction (QMVC) reliably measures quadriceps muscle force and predicts mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the minimal ...

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...

Abstract: The fiber optic sensor is capable of capturing tiny displacements and deformations, making them ideal for real-time monitoring of human limb movement, so it has great potential in ...