A bionic knee that directly attaches to the thigh bone and uses implanted electrodes can make a prosthetic leg feel more like ...

Human legs adjust stiffness during fast hopping by shortening key calf muscle fibers, a process termed "negative stiffness." This counterintuitive behavior enhances leg stiffness, facilitating ...

The strength of your calf muscles may help predict whether or not you will develop dementia, studies show. Strong calf muscles help maintain healthy blood pressure and ensure steady blood flow to the ...

Marc Hamilton, a health and human performance professor at the University of Houston, has Exercising this small leg muscle burns fat for hours, even while sitting Skip to main content ...

A new kind of prosthesis depends on carbon fibre and computer chips—and the reëngineering of muscles and bone. Rivka Galchen writes about the surgeon Matthew Carty, who is rethinking ...

Because of such factors, most sources report on the safe side that there are at least 600 muscles in the human body. No matter how you count them though, ...

The thigh muscles are part of your upper legs and contain some of the most powerful structures in your body. However, they are prone to injuries if they’re overstrained or impacted while playing ...