Physical therapists are doctorate level trained health care providers who are experts in exercise, function movement, and performance. In practice, physical therapists use a three main muscle ...

Isokinetic exercise is a type of strength training in which the speed of the movement remains constant, but the resistance varies. People tend to use specialized exercise machines to perform these ...

Isometric exercises may be best for lowering blood pressure, new research finds. Isometric exercise is any static exercise where you hold a muscular contraction without movement, such as planks or ...

The word "eccentric", you’ll know, is most commonly used to describe someone or something unconventional – but in the world of fitness, it means something quite different. Thankfully, eccentric ...

Time under contraction is not directly measured in a typical weight training program. Matt Parrott, a freelance writer, is director of business development and population health solutions for Quest ...

Correspondence to: Dr Kang Department of Health and Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey, 234 Packer Hall, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628, USA; kangtcnj.edu Objective: To examine the ...