In this review, we summarize our current knowledge focusing on myokines released directly by muscle contraction and their potential roles associated with skeletal muscle mass and function.

Other methods include a dynamometry which measures the force of a muscle contraction with a handheld device. Muscle strength grading is commonly used in people with neurologic conditions such as a ...

Although obesity has received considerable attention regarding its pathophysiological link to chronic cardiovascular conditions and type 2 diabetes, the musculoskeletal (MSK) complications (i.e., ...

Pump training focuses solely on muscle contraction and increasing blood flow to working muscles. If you're serious about maximizing your muscle pump, make sure to hydrate before your workout to ...

Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...

The advent of agriculture 12,000 years ago increased the availability of affordable, energy-dense, palatable food, resulting in a substantial effect on the evolutionary physiology of hunger that ...

Welcome to the Saint Louis University Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, a vibrant multidisciplinary, highly collaborative, supportive, inclusive and dynamic department. Our mission is to: ...

Skeletal muscles can convert chemical energy into mechanical energy to cause voluntary muscle contraction and movement. Skeletal muscle is composed of fascicles, bundled units of multiple muscle ...

Physiology is the branch of the biological sciences that deals with the life-supporting functions and processes of living organisms or their parts. The study of physiology aims to understand how ...

The UK economy just about returned to growth in November after two months of contraction, the latest official figures show. Gross domestic product (GDP), the standard measure of an economy's value ...

Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...