A 52-year-old man presented to our orthopedic clinic with an 8-month history of a right distal forearm mass accompanied by ...

A new study reveals that abdominal CT scans play a significant role in diagnosing sarcopenia, a potentially reversible muscle-wasting condition that affects millions of older adults.

Muscle atrophy can occur due to nutrition issues, age, and genetics. Symptoms vary, and treatment may include physical therapy, functional electric stimulation, or surgery. Learn more about muscle ...

Caleb Kasner and his brother Duncan Kasner move around a little differently than average kids. The two brothers have Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a rare, inherited muscle-wasting disorder that ...

Researchers reported what they called the first evidence that a spine-stimulating implant might aid neurodegenerative diseases like spinal muscle atrophy.

A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years after ACL reconstruction despite full return to play. “Our ...

Muscle atrophy, characterized by the loss of muscle mass and function, is a hallmark of sarcopenia and cachexia and is frequently associated with aging, malignant tumors, chronic heart failure ...

With the intensification of global population aging, muscle atrophy, characterized by the loss of muscle mass and function, has become an important health issue affecting the elderly. Researchers ...

HGF nitration disrupts muscle homeostasis as an organism age. The new rat anti-HGF monoclonal antibody the research team developed, called 1H41C10, specially binds to the nitration sites of HGF ...

Muscular atrophy is the thinning, wasting, or loss of muscle tissue, leading to decreased strength and mass. There are various types of muscle atrophy and different treatments for them. One common ...

Human muscle cells come back from space, look aged Astronauts' muscles atrophy in space, but we can identify the genes involved.

Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) is a rare adult-onset motor neuron disease. Although there’s no cure, treatments may slow down nerve damage and reduce symptoms.