The concept of 'successful aging'has long intrigued the scientific community. Despite this
long-standing interest, a consensus definition has proven to be a difficult task, due to the …

A review of the literature on the pathophysiology of upper extremity muscle disorders
(UEMDs) was performed. An overview is given of clinical findings and hypotheses on the …

Study Design. Experimental study of muscle changes after lumbar spinal injury. Objectives.
To investigate effects of intervertebral disc and nerve root lesions on cross-sectional area …

The objective of this paper is to critically review recent literature on physical and functional
sex/gender (s/g) differences, with focus on physical determinants associated with …

The purpose of this review is to scrutinize the physiology of neck–shoulder pain and
trapezius myalgia based on the most recent scientific literature. Therefore, systematic …

The aim of this study was to investigate how exercise influenced endogenous pain
modulation in healthy controls, shoulder myalgia patients and fibromyalgia (FM) patients …

Objective The prevalence of neck muscle pain has steadily increased and especially pain
from the descending part of the trapezius muscle has been associated with monotonous …

Statins are effective drugs to reduce cardiovascular events secondary to dyslipidemia;
however, they cause frequent undesirable side effects. The incidence of statin-induced …

Pain models in animals have shown low predictivity for analgesic efficacy in humans, and
clinical studies are often very confounded, blurring the evaluation. Human experimental pain …

Chronic fibromyalgia (FM) pain is prevalent (estimated as high as 13%), predominantly
affects women, and is associated with a variety of focal pain conditions. Ongoing FM pain is …