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Proximal muscle weakness [PDF]

Practical Neurology, 2019
A 38-year-old woman gave a 1-year history of difficulties climbing stairs and walking long distances, needing a wheelchair at times. More recently, she had also experienced weakness of her arms with difficulties doing her hair or lifting light weights. She reported shortness of breath on mild exertion and had lost 12 pounds in weight because of muscle ...
Gonzalez-Perez, Paloma, Torre, Matthew, Helgager, Jeffrey, Amato, Anthony A.   +3 more
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Muscle weakness, functional capacities and recovery for COVID-19 ICU survivors

BMC Anesthesiology, 2021
Background Few studies have evaluated muscle strength in COVID-19 ICU survivors. We aimed to report the incidence of limb and respiratory muscle weakness in COVID-19 ICU survivors.
Clément Medrinal, Guillaume Prieur, Tristan Bonnevie, Francis-Edouard Gravier, Denys Mayard, Emmanuelle Desmalles, Pauline Smondack, Bouchra Lamia, Yann Combret, Guillaume Fossat   +9 more
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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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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, Bin He, Muzi Zhang, Yong Zhu, Yunsheng Ou, Xiaojun Chen   +5 more
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis with predominant truncal muscle weakness: a retrospective case series

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, Hideaki Nishihara, Hideaki Nishihara, Taro Yasuhi, Ryota Sato, Michiaki Koga, Takashi Kanda, Masayuki Nakamori   +7 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.
Sai Kumar Dunga, T G Sundaram, Chengappa G Kavadichanda   +2 more
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Muscle Weakness [PDF]

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.
Christer S. Andreassen, Johannes Jakobsen, Henning Andersen   +2 more
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Distal muscle weakness is a common and early feature in long-term enzyme-treated classic infantile Pompe patients

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.
J. J. A. van den Dorpel, E. Poelman, L. Harlaar, H. A. van Kooten, L. J. van der Giessen, P. A. van Doorn, A. T. van der Ploeg, J. M. P. van den Hout, N. A. M. E. van der Beek   +8 more
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MicroRNA regulatory networks associated with abnormal muscle repair in survivors of critical illness

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022
Background Intensive care unit (ICU)‐acquired weakness is characterized by muscle atrophy and impaired contractility that may persist after ICU discharge.
Christopher J. Walsh, Carlos Escudero King, Muskan Gupta, Pamela J. Plant, Margaret J. Herridge, Sunita Mathur, Pingzhao Hu, Judy Correa, Sameen Ahmed, Anne Bigot, Claudia C. dosSantos, Jane Batt, Submitted on behalf of the MusclE and Nerve Dysfunction (MEND)‐ICU Group and Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group (CCCTBG)   +12 more
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Case Report: Lower Limb Muscle Weakness in a Child With Kawasaki Disease

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that may impact multiple organ systems in children. Myositis is an unusual presentation of KD that presents with muscle weakness.
Lilin Huang, Shumei Peng, Jing Li, Danyu Xie   +3 more
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