The rectus abdominis is the long, flat muscle on the front of your abdomen. It’s separated by lines of ligamentous tissue, which gives it a washboard appearance. However, it’s important to note that ...

While the movers include your rectus abdominis (six-pack muscles), obliques, and hip muscles, the deep core refers to the stabilizers that keep everything strong and steady. Both muscle groups are ...

This model is based on modified Hill's muscle model which has two basic elements that represent static and dynamic force in a muscle: a contractile element and a variable damper. The designed model ...

Institute for Special Environmental Biophysics, Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, Shaanxi, P. R.

Which injuries are more prone to recurrence? Intramuscular tendon injuries have received little attention as an element in ‘muscle strain’. In thigh muscles, such as rectus femoris and biceps femoris, ...

According to experts, even though walking does not help you build larger muscles, it certainly improves your body composition, burns fat, and increases lean muscle mass ... the pelvic floor along with ...

In fetuses during the 9th and 10th weeks, the umbilical hernia becomes encircled by the rectus abdominis muscle, its aponeurosis, and the three layers of lateral abdominal muscles, which are more ...

Your core includes several muscle groups, but the key abdominal muscles are the rectus abdominis, obliques, and transverse abdominis. The rectus abdominis is the front muscle often called the ...

The most important cause of CAWP is compression of the cutaneous nerve at the lateral margin of the rectus abdominis muscle, known as anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) (63). Sahoo ...

You don’t need to drop to the floor and knock out crunches to build core strength, especially as you age. In fact, some of the most effective core exercises happen on your feet. Why? Because standing ...