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Abstract: Precise sustained force control of the fingers is important for achieving flexible hand movements. However, how neuromuscular compartments within a forearm multi-tendon muscle cooperate to ...

Rest, ice, compression, and elevation help treat tendonitis at home. Overuse, like typing or running, often causes extensor tendonitis. Pain from tendonitis gets worse if you use the affected muscles ...

Getty Images Blair Tickner of New Zealand stretchered off the field after sustaining an injury. The Black Caps were dealt a major setback on the opening day of the second Test against the West Indies ...

A Pap test is sometimes called a Pap smear. It can be an option for cervical cancer screening for women and other individuals with a cervix. It can also be used to check cervical cells in some other ...

Myotomes are groups of muscles that get signals from a single spinal nerve root. Myotome testing helps find weak muscles and can show which spinal nerve is hurt. Identifying the affected nerve root ...

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My father was a chiropractor who graduated from the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, in 1920. In 1952, I enrolled as a student at Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Indiana ...

Methacholine challenge test (also known as bronchoprovocation test) is performed to evaluate how "reactive" or "responsive" your lungs are. It can help your doctor evaluate symptoms suggestive of ...

If you have acid reflux, your doctor might recommend wireless esophageal pH test, also known as Bravo pH test, to measure acidity in the esophagus (the passageway between your mouth and stomach).

Some women are at greater risk for osteoporosis — the decrease of bone mass and density as a result of the depletion of bone calcium and protein — than others. Your doctor can help you determine your ...