When hip and knee pain strike, many runners suspect it’s their iliotibial (IT) band. While that’s true in some cases, there may be another muscle at play: the sartorius muscle. The sartorius is unique ...
If you’ve ever admired and appreciated the long thigh muscle in your—or another runner’s—leg, you may think it’s the quadricep, but, in fact, it’s more likely to be the longest muscle in your body—the ...
A NUMBER of investigations have been carried out on the influence of X-rays on the electrophysiological and mechanical properties of striated muscle 1–5. Most of these experiments have been performed ...