The sternocleidomastoid is an important neck muscle that performs several functions requiring two different stretches and two different exercises for strengthening. The SCM muscle has two parts, the front and the back portion; also this muscle rotates, extends and flexes the neck to the side. More...
The functional unit of contraction or force production is the sarcomere, extending from one Z-disk to the next. The myofibrils consist of thousands of these sarcomeres strung end to end. The length of the sarcomere varies with muscle activation. Typically, the rest length is about 2.0–2.2 μ...
Immediately after putting on the helmet, an ultrasound probe was placed vertically at the left anterior neck region (along the region medial to the clavicle head of SCM muscle, lateral to the trachea and inferior to the thyroid) to scan the intervertebral disc height (Zheng et al., 2014) ...
Sign in to download hi-res image Fig. 1.Representative structure of extra- and sub-synaptic nuclei at the NMJ of mice. (A-B) Confocal image of an 8 weeks old mouse neuro-muscular junction. White arrows identify sub-synaptic nuclei with their characteristic round shape and their chromocenter...
(EMD Millipore, SCM002) supplemented with varying concentrations of agrin (R&D Systems, catalog no. 550-AG/CF) for 14 h at 37 °C. AChR staining was performed using 1 μg ml−1AlexaFluor 488-labeled α-bungarotoxin (Invitrogen catalog no. B13422). Myotubes were fixed with 4%...
Choose two: Transverse friction massage (XMF) can be used to treat which of the following scar tissue within tendons/ligaments adaptive shortening Cross friction/transverse massage is used on contractile tissue such as the belly of the muscle False During PIR of the right SCM, the patient's cer...
NIRS [4] is a spectroscopic technique that makes use of light (660–1100 nm) to non-invasively monitor tissue hemodynamics and oxidative metabolism. Studying the attenuation of light inside the tissue and exploiting the differences in the absorption spectra of the oxy- (O2Hb) and deoxy- (HHb...
Therefore, PYCP supplementation appears to be useful for preventing muscle atrophy. Keywords: dexamethasone; muscle atrophy; protein breakdown; protein synthesis; Pyropia yezoensis 1. Introduction Skeletal muscle atrophy occurs in a variety of conditions, such as muscle inactivity (e.g., joint ...
i suffer from the exact same situation. I get these really short non-painful stomach spasms, especially at night. They usually last for a few seconds but are frequent. It really makes it difficult to sleep at night when this occurs. Does anyone know what is causing this and what to do?
To detect the presence of myotonic discharges, seen in SCM and PMC, as well as sometimes in HyperPP, a standardized EMG was performed by an experienced neurophysiologist in all patients. This electrophysiological test was carried out at room temperature in a proximal and distal muscle of the ...