The thigh muscles are part of your upper legs and contain some of the most powerful structures in your body. However, they are prone to injuries if they’re overstrained or impacted while playing a ...

Hugh Herr, the director of an M.I.T. laboratory that pursues the “merging of body and machine,” grew up in a Mennonite family outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He and his brothers—he was the youngest ...

The automobile is a remarkable achievement of mechanics. But in the end, it’s got nothing on the human leg. Rodger Kram, associate professor of integrative physiology at the University of Colorado ...