Mucic acid crystals grown from a water-based solution achieved a record-breaking stiffness for an organic crystal.

Knee tightness could be a symptom of an injury, arthritis, or muscle weakness in your quads. While gentle stretches and exercise can offer relief, you may want to talk with a healthcare professional ...

Do you wake up in the morning with stiff joints that are hard to move? Medications may help prevent morning stiffness, and there are nondrug treatments you can try to loosen up your stiff joints so ...

Stretching exercises are very beneficial for older adults because they prevent poor posture and many injuries, improve ...

Background Stiffness properties of the knee joint and landing biomechanics are important factors linked to injury risk. Neuromuscular training may mitigate the risk injury and simultaneously improve ...

Ballscrews are essentially long beams, so there's no way to prevent them from flexing and elastically deforming under load. That said, they can be made stiffer for better axis drive precision. First ...

Increased stiffness of the colon, spurred by chronic inflammation, may encourage the development and progression of ...

Potential causes of knee stiffness include injury, arthritis, or arthrofibrosis. Certain types of arthritis are more common in older adults and people with previous knee injuries. People may be able ...

Stiff fingers often result from arthritis, but there are other causes. They include tenosynovitis, which causes trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome, or an injury. Stretching, home remedies, and ...