Your pectoralis major is a large and powerful chest muscle that’s shaped like a fan. It starts from two sections: your breastbone (sternum) and your collarbone (clavicle). The two sections come ...

The subscapularis is a muscle in your shoulder. If this muscle tears you may experience shoulder pain, shoulder or arm weakness, and “clicking” in your shoulder when you rotate your arm. Some possible ...

Correspondence to Arco C van der Vlist, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, CA 3000, The Netherlands; a.vandervlist{at}erasmusmc.nl Background Achilles ...

Background: The extensor tendons over fingers are devoid of a tendon sheath, so that the term paratenonitis is used to describe extra-articular hyperemia or anechoic fluid collections along the ...

Abstract: This article proposes coupled tendon-driven joint modules for anthropomorphic robots. Fully actuated 2-degree-of-freedom (DoF) and 3-DoF joint modules are classified and analyzed based on ...

Objectives Surgical removal of the plantaris tendon can cure plantaris-associated Achilles tendinopathy, a condition in which Achilles and plantaris tendinopathy coexist. However, rare cases with ...

It can sometimes be confusing whether to use heat or cold when treating sore muscles or an injury. But keep these facts in mind. Be sure to protect any type of heating pad device from coming in direct ...

Adam H. Kaplan, DPM, is a podiatrist who has been in private practice for over 5 years in New Jersey and specializes in a wide scope of foot care. The foot has a complex structure with 28 bones, 33 ...

Theresa Marko, PT, DPT, MS, is a board-certified orthopedist specializing in physical therapy and pediatric orthopedics. Compression gloves help reduce pain and swelling in hands. They can be ...

Objective To systematically review and critically appraise the literature on the effectiveness of isometric exercise in comparison with other treatment strategies or no treatment in tendinopathy.