You might think you know what it feels like to have sore, tight muscles. But, sometimes, what feels like a muscle ache is actually a more complex problem — one that's related to nerves. "It's much ...

Scattered throughout skeletal muscle, the muscle spindles are composed of connective tissue capsules containing bundles of specialized muscle fibers called intrafusal fibers. Wrapped around the middle ...

A new study from Umeå University, Sweden, shows that the body's muscles sense mechanical pressure. This new discovery has important implications for movement neuroscience and may improve the design of ...