A nuclear stress test helps to assess your risk of a severe cardiac event. Depending on your health, a doctor may ask you to take a treadmill test or a chemical test, which uses medications to ...

The Izod impact test fixes one end of a notched specimen in a cantilever position by means of a vice. A striker on the arm of a pendulum or similar energy carrier then strikes the specimen. The energy ...

The Hughson-Westlake method is based on the principle that short-tone burst are better heard against a silent background than a continuous tone separated by a short interval when the level is changing ...

A stress echocardiogram is an imaging test that monitors the functioning of the heart by inducing a stress test, a stimulus that facilitates a stressful environment within the heart. Through ...

A total knee replacement (TKR) may sound like a pretty drastic operation, but in fact it is an increasingly routine process providing relief from pain, improved leg function and improved quality of ...