For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

When I was trained as an American physician, I was never exposed to the concept of muscle strength testing that is utilized as part of the pseudo-scientific field of applied kinesiology (AK). To be ...

Doctors may use a range of tests to diagnose myasthenia gravis (MG), including blood tests, nerve conduction tests, and imaging tests. MG is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the voluntary ...

A simple 5-minute test called “phase angle” can predict memory problems, especially in women, by measuring muscle cell health Women with higher phase angles had 72% lower odds of cognitive impairment, ...

The exponential rise of our aging population. The pandemic. The explosion of GLP-1s. It’s a trifecta that’s making muscle — and the serious implications of not having enough of it — part of a larger ...

Share on Pinterest New research links age-related muscle loss to heightened dementia risk. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Sarcopenia describes the muscle loss that often occurs in older age.

But what if I told you that you don't need to visit a fancy lab or use strange equipment to get an idea of how strong your leg muscles are? That's right! The answer might just be in the most common ...