One of the division's main research topics is the importance of skeletal muscle and the cardiovascular system for physical working capacity in health and disease. We focus on situations where working ...

Voluntary muscles ... myofibrils that contain thick (myosin) and thin (actin) myofilaments, which give muscle its stripe appearance. This structure gives skeletal muscle a characteristic striated ...

With an intercostal muscle strain, localized pain and tenderness will be present and will increase with stretching or contraction of the intercostal muscles. Your healthcare provider may recommend ...

Muscle twitching is a general term for muscle contractions. Your muscles are made up of fibers that your nerves control. Stimulating or damaging a nerve can cause muscle fibers to twitch.

This manuscript aims to identify the pacemaker cells in the lymphatic collecting vessels - the cells that initiate the autonomous action potentials and contractions needed ... convincingly determine ...