The fiber optics technology can be made use of to gauge muscular contraction deep inside the colon, it looks like. A pressure-sensing catheter, made of fiber optics, has been developed by Australian ...

DMD, the most common type of muscular dystrophy, is caused by the absence of dystrophin, a protein that protects muscle from contraction-induced damage. Nearly all boys with DMD require the use of a ...

For the record, an isometric muscular contraction is static, with no movement whatsoever. The plank is among the more popular exercises in the isometric category: Once the body's in position, nothing ...

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