News tagged with leg strength

Prehabilitation better prepares patients for knee replacement surgery

An exercise program designed by researchers at the University of Louisville for patients with severe knee arthritis improves leg strength and patients' functional ability before knee replacement surgery, according to recent ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reducing risk of hospitalization in the elderly

Older adults who have less strength, poor physical function and low muscle density are at higher risk of being hospitalized compared to adults with more strength and better function. That's the finding of a new study in the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Roboticist creates Hugvie - Huggable vibrating pillow smartphone accessory

(Phys.org) -- Japanese robot designer Hiroshi Ishiguro is fast becoming a sort of roboticist for the people, in Japan anyway. Instead of terminator style robots meant to do a lot of serious work or to serve on the battlefield, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast weblog

Students invent device for the perfect bicep curl

To achieve buff biceps, proper form for strength-training exercises is key, and people often turn to professional trainers to correct them and prevent injury. Cornell student engineers have developed an alternative: ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Interview: Budding Google social network sets itself apart

Like the strong-willed youth it is, Google's budding social network is confidently going its own way.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Engineering research brings seven adult-sized humanoid robots together for first time in US

Seven adult-sized humanoid robots took the stage during Drexel University's celebration of National Engineers Week, in a first-of-its-kind assembly of robotic technology. A showcase event on Feb. 20 introduced all seven of ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Swimming goes high tech with EPFL-developed inertial systems

Scientists from EPFL's Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement have developed inertial systems, worn in a full-body swimming suit, which can analyse the strengths and weaknesses of elite-level swimmers during workout ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why humans choose running over walking

Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk when they start moving at around 2 meters per second – about 4.5 miles per hour.

Biology / Other

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New research shows how male spiders use eavesdropping to one-up their rivals

Researchers have made a new discovery into the complex world of spiders that reflects what some might perceive as similar behavior in human society. As male wolf spiders go searching for a mate, it appears they eavesdrop, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Dinosaurs with killer claws yield new theory about flight

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from Montana State University's Museum of the Rockies has revealed how dinosaurs like Velociraptor and Deinonychus used their famous killer claws, leading to a new hypothesis on ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

OpenSim open-source software from Stanford accurately models human motion

There are 640 muscles in the human body, or maybe it is 639. Or maybe it is 850. Or 656. It all depends on whom you ask. In any case, it is a lot. Stanford bioengineer Scott Delp knows; he has programmed almost every one ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Highly sexed crickets take to the ring in China

Unlike many sportsmen who avoid sex the night before a match to ensure they have enough strength, Chinese crickets are encouraged to enjoy as much hanky-panky as possible on the eve of a fight.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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