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Stroke Mimic: A Case of Unilateral Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis [PDF]

, 2020
Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis (THPP) is a condition that results in transient skeletal muscle paralysis secondary to intracellular potassium sequestration.
Lajeunesse, Michael, Young, Scott
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Does skeletal muscle weakness recognized early during hospitalization for acute heart failure predict short-term mortality?

Clinical Nutrition Open Science
Introduction: Impairment of skeletal muscle is common in heart failure (HF) but understudied in acute episodes. Objective: To assess the relationship between skeletal muscle weakness identified early during hospitalization for acute HF and the risk of ...
Vinicius Ferigato, Fernanda Takeyama, Felipe Rocha, Giulio Checchinato, Bruna Eduarda Gandra, Bruno Maciel, Marina May Antonio, Beatriz Santana Silva, Helder Jorge A. Gomes, Alcides Rocha   +9 more
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Targeting STAT6 to mitigate sepsis-induced muscle atrophy and weakness: Modulation of mitochondrial dysfunction, ferroptosis, and CHI3L1-Mediated satellite cell loss

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
Sepsis-induced muscle weakness is a debilitating consequence of prolonged critical illness, often associated with a poor prognosis. While recent research has shown that STAT6 functions as an inhibitor of myogenesis, its role in sepsis-induced muscle ...
Zhiyong Sheng, Zhihong Yu, Meng Wang, Rui Zhou, Shenjian Chen, Xin Yu, Fuxing Li   +6 more
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Muscle weakness in cerebral palsy

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2009
Over the last two decades, muscle weakness has been shown to be a major component of cerebral palsy (CP) pathology. Caused by multiple etiologies including variations in the muscle fiber type, pathologic motor unit function, co-contraction of agonists and antagonists, and muscle size and rigidity, weakness interferes with function and leads to limited ...
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Effects of microgravity on rat muscle [PDF]

It is well known that humans exposed to long term spaceflight experience undesirable progressive muscle weakness and increased fatigability. This problem has prompted the implementation of inflight exercise programs because most investigators believe ...
Riley, D. A.
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Hoffmann’s Syndrome- A Rare Form of Hypothyroid Myopathy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Basavaprabhu Achappa, Deepak Madi
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The increase in health care costs associated with muscle weakness in older people without long-term illnesses in the Czech Republic: results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2017
Michal Steffl,1 Jan Sima,2 Kate Shiells,3 Iva Holmerova3 1Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; 2Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and ...
Steffl M, Sima J, Shiells K, Holmerova I
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Physical rehabilitation for critical illness myopathy and neuropathy (Protocol)

, 2014
Protocol for a review - no ...
Burridge, Jane, Kugler, J., Mehrholz, J., Muckel, S., Pohl, M.   +4 more
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A Diagnostic Delay: Respiratory Muscle Weakness in Dermatomyositis Masquerading as Pneumonia. [PDF]

Cureus
Jain M, Doddapaneni VK, Rahman B, Aslam N.   +3 more
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Muscle Weakness [PDF]

, 2020
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