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) [PDF]
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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Muscle weakness in cerebral palsy
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020 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 ...
Uri Givon
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 IntroductionAntineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) frequently leads to mononeuritis multiplex, which are characterized by distal weakness associated with sensory disturbances.
Joe Nemoto +7 more
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Detection of variants in dystroglycanopathy-associated genes through the application of targeted whole-exome sequencing analysis to a large cohort of patients with unexplained limb-girdle muscle weakness [PDF]
, 2021 Background: Dystroglycanopathies are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders that are typically characterised by limb-girdle muscle weakness.
Deconinck, Nicolas +31 more
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Causal influence of muscle weakness on cardiometabolic diseases and osteoporosis
Scientific Reports, 2023 The causal roles of muscle weakness in cardiometabolic diseases and osteoporosis remain elusive. This two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study aims to explore the causal roles of muscle weakness in the risk of cardiometabolic diseases and ...
Xiaoqing Mou +5 more
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Pathogenesis of muscle weakness in inflammatory myositis
Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020 Idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) is a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases. These are characterized by muscle weakness and fatigue along with other systemic manifestations, ranging from pulmonary alveolitis to vasculopathic ulcers.
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Permanent muscle weakness in hypokalemic periodic paralysis [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectiveTo map the phenotypic spectrum in 55 individuals with mutations in CACNA1S known to cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) using medical history, muscle strength testing, and muscle MRI.MethodsAdults with a mutation in CACNA1S known to ...
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020 Background Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT; alglucosidase alfa) has improved the prospects for patients with classic infantile Pompe disease considerably.
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Diabetes, 2006 The aim of the study was to determine the progression of muscle weakness in long-term diabetes and its relation to the neuropathic condition. Thirty patients were recruited from a cohort of 92 diabetic patients who participated in a study on muscular function 6–8 years earlier.
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Correlation between quantitative whole-body muscle magnetic resonance imaging and clinical muscle weakness in Pompe disease. [PDF]
, 2023 IntroductionPrevious examination of whole-body muscle involvement in Pompe disease has been limited to physical examination and/or qualitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Bashir, Mustafa R +7 more
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