Muscle weakness occurs when your body isn't able to contract your muscles properly, leading to reduced strength in one or more of your muscles. In most cases, muscle weakness happens because of an ...

Muscle fatigue is a reduced ability to produce force with your muscles. Some of the most common causes of muscle fatigue include exercise, aging, and immobility. Conditions like arthritis and ...

As we age, losing muscle strength often seems like an unavoidable part of life. Many people assume that weaker muscles are ...

1 Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2 School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Griffith University, Gold ...

As we age, our muscles atrophy. Earlier this year, researchers found that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a protein critical in skeletal muscle development loses its functionality due to nitration as ...