We thank Drs Patrick, Farmer and Bromwich for their interest in our paper. In their letter they raised four main issues: contracture is not solely due to the loss of sarcomeres in muscles but also due ...

SOME frog muscles, such as the iliofibularis, contain two types of muscle fibres: the “slow” fibres, with multiple innervations by small nerve fibres and capable of producing a maintained contracture ...

Maybe you went to bed just fine, but you wake up with hardened, sensitive spots in areas including your neck, shoulders, or back? Or these develop over the course of a day, causing distracting ...