Transverse tubules (T-tubules) play a significant role in muscle contraction. However, the underlying mechanism of their ...

The flow of water within a muscle fiber may dictate how quickly muscle can contract, according to a new study. The flow of water within a muscle fiber may dictate how quickly muscle can contract, ...

For most of his career, Richard Lieber ’78, Ph.D. ’83, has focused on understanding and solving painful and debilitating muscle contractures that are the result of cerebral palsy, stroke and spinal ...

In cerebral palsy (CP), the spastic motor type is most common, associated with a velocity-dependent increase in muscle stiffness that precedes the development of fixed muscle contracture. In ...

Robots intended to work alongside people or operate in confined, unpredictable environments need actuators that can bend, ...

Clonus is a neurological condition that creates involuntary muscle contractions. This results in uncontrollable, rhythmic, shaking movements. It’s usually brought on by excessive muscle stretching.

In mice, the drug bortezomib preserved muscle growth and prevented loss of elbow and shoulder motion in conditions resembling cerebral palsy and newborn brachial plexus injury, the most common causes ...

When children experience brachial plexus injury at birth, or are born with cerebral palsy, some of the most disabling problems that follow are muscle contractures, or tightness of muscles, that ...