The elephant's trunk has long been studied by engineers seeking to understand how it performs both powerful and delicate ...

A recent study investigated the musculature of the elephant and found that the trunk is a complex mesh of interwoven muscle and has an immense number of parts. The study was published on September 26, ...

A new study shows how elephant trunk skin balances strength and sensitivity, offering clues that could help engineers build ...

Your abdominal muscles surround your trunk between the rib cage and pelvis and keep your abdominal organs safe. Your core abdominal muscles also support your trunk and allow movements while keeping ...

Elephants have an amazing arsenal of face, ear and trunk movements. The trunk consists of far more muscles than the entire human body and can perform both powerful and very delicate movements. A team ...

Background Trunk movement is considered to be involved in lower extremity injuries. Hamstring strain injuries often occur when movements are unanticipatedly perturbed by the opponents. Objective To ...

The trunk muscles form a coordinated network of local segmental stabilisers and global torque producers that maintain spinal stiffness, control load transfer and support functional movement.

A new study suggests that an elephant's muscles aren't the only way it stretches its trunk -- its folded skin also plays an important role. The combination of muscle and skin gives the animal the ...

A certified trainer shares five core moves that strengthen the midsection and obliques after 55, more effective than crunches ...