A finite element model of the cervical spine, including vertebrae, intervertebral discs, ligaments, and implants (cage and screws), was developed based on CT data from a healthy volunteer. Three ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of medicine's most powerful diagnostic tools. But certain tissues deep inside the body—including brain regions and delicate structures of the eye and orbit that ...

Male C57BL/6J mice (4 months old) were assigned to ground control or hindlimb unloading (HU) groups under normoxia (21% O 2) or hypoxia (15% O 2) and treated daily with placebo or resveratrol (20 or ...

Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique. Regular exercise strengthens muscles and improves endurance—but new research ...

Abstract: Muscle fatigue can result in decreased athletic performance and even muscle damage. Therefore, a deeper understanding of muscle fatigue is essential for enhancing athletic performance and ...

Abstract: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a nondestructive testing technique, which has great potential in the fields of muscle force estimation, human motion intent recognition, and ...