A DISTINCTIVE feature of muscular contraction is the dependence of the contractile force on the contraction velocity. For steady contractions, at a given length of the muscle, the interaction between ...

Muscle cramps are sudden, painful, involuntary muscle contractions caused by motor nerve hyperexcitability. They often affect ...

MICKLETON, N.J. (WPVI) -- Nearly everyone gets a muscle cramp from time to time. When muscle contractions won't stop and can't be controlled, that's called dystonia. A South Jersey man is now sharing ...

Gainesville, Fla. -- University of Florida scientists have used gene therapy to eliminate disabling muscle contractions in a mouse model of the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy. The ...