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People with low muscle strength more likely to die prematurely
Individuals with weaker muscles do not typically live as long as their stronger peers, according to new research from the University of Michigan.
Aug 22, 2018
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Stabilize those stability ball workouts
(HealthDay)—For fun and fitness, it's hard to beat the value of a stability ball. You can do exercises to strengthen muscles, improve balance and increase flexibility.
Jun 11, 2018
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Muscle more important than fat in regulating heat loss from the hands
In the first study of its kind, Cambridge biological anthropologists have shown that muscle mass is able to predict the rate of heat loss from the hands during severe cold exposure, while body mass, stature and fat mass do ...
Feb 14, 2018
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Neuroscience
How reading makes us move
Right now, while you are reading these typewritten words, your hand muscles are moving imperceptibly, but measurably. These movements would be even greater if the words were handwritten.
Jun 13, 2017
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Researchers identify new brain pathway that controls hand movements
Picking up a slice of pizza or sending a text message: Scientists long believed that the brain signals for those and related movements originated from motor areas in the frontal lobe of brain, which control voluntary movement.
Apr 3, 2017
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How brain implants can let paralysed people move again
Something as simple as picking up a cup of tea requires an awful lot of action from your body. Your arm muscles fire to move your arm towards the cup. Your finger muscles fire to open your hand then bend your fingers around ...
Jul 1, 2016
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Medical research
Medical researchers bypass nerves to activate muscles directly with light
Neuroscience researchers at Dalhousie Medical School and the Brain Repair Centre in Halifax, N.S., have shown that muscles can be activated directly with light, bypassing the nervous system and offering a potential solution ...
Oct 14, 2015
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Team develops transplantable bioengineered forelimb in an animal model
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has made the first steps towards development of bioartificial replacement limbs suitable for transplantation. In their report, which has been published online in ...
Jun 2, 2015
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Strength training still advisable in older age
In Austria, around ten per cent of over-65-year-olds are frail, while a further 40 per cent are in a preliminary stage of frailty. The Healthy For Life project, with the MedUni Vienna as the academic lead, aims to raise fitness ...
Apr 3, 2015
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Researchers develop novel Brain Training Device to reconnect brain and paralyzed limb after stroke
The world's first Brain Training Device has given a ray of new hope to the recovery of survivors after stroke. Developed by researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, this novel device can detect brainwave and control ...
May 16, 2013
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