Duchenne therapy may be evolving from slowing disease to reversing it—with RNA approaches offering the prospect of restoring ...

Chances are, you're not eating enough protein in your middle-age years to slow down age-related, muscle-wasting sarcopenia.

Researchers successfully developed and validated a new outcome measure to monitor disease severity and progression in patients with impaired skeletal muscle function caused by mitochondrial disease.

New research has identified the enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase 1 (GLUD1) as a new therapeutic target for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In preclinical DMD mouse models, investigators demonstrated ...

Research reveals strong connections between muscle strength and cognitive function in patients with COPD, highlighting the potential for rehabilitation strategies.

A physical therapist answers: How long does it take for your muscles to recover, what impacts how long it takes, plus how to speed up that process. To understand what’s really going on when your body ...

Measurement of the phase angle (PhA) from bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) can be explored as a quick and non-invasive method to measure muscle activity and strength, especially useful in people ...

You might not think of diabetes when you think of muscle function. But a common diabetes drug that regulates blood sugar can also prevent muscle atrophy and muscular fibrosis—which can help the ...