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Soft to steel: Tiny robot muscle lifts 4,000 times its weight, defying limits

The stiffened artificial muscle can support up to 5 kilograms (11 pounds) — roughly “4,000 times its own weight.” The muscle ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Functional exercises help maintain muscle mass, mobility

Chas Reilly Times correspondent Mar 2, 2025 Mar 2, 2025 0 Completing such everyday tasks as getting up from a chair or bending down to pick up objects that might have been done with ease in your 20s ...
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Genetic model reveals a form of calcium release is unnecessary for normal muscle contraction

By combining gene engineering, Ca²⁺ imaging, and detailed functional tests, the team shows with high precision that skeletal muscle contraction is mainly DICR-driven. This long-accepted mechanism is ...
BMJ

Pelvic floor muscle training in female functional fitness exercisers: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial

Objective Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is common among females during functional fitness training, such as CrossFit. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of pelvic floor muscle training ...
BMJ

Relation between isokinetic muscle strength and functional capacity in recreational athletes with chondromalacia patellae

1 Gulhane Askeri Tip Akademisi, Department of Sports Medicine, Etlik, Ankara 06018, Turkey 2 Gulhane Askeri Tip Akademisi, Department of Radiodiagnostic Radiology, Etlik, Ankara Correspondence to: Dr ...
Medical Xpress

Genetic model reveals a form of calcium release is unnecessary for normal muscle contraction

Because RyR1 is also expressed in neurons, immune cells, and vascular smooth muscle, the E3896A model offers a unique tool to examine CICR's broader physiological roles. By combining gene engineering, ...