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Comparison of gluteus medius strength between individuals with obesity and normal-weight individuals: a cross-sectional study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background The hip abductor muscles, primarily the gluteus medius, play an important role in stabilizing the pelvis during gait. Gluteus medius weakness is associated with biomechanical changes and musculoskeletal disorders.
Rafael Ratti Fenato, Allan Cezar Faria Araujo, Ana Tereza Bittencourt Guimarães   +2 more
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Post-COVID-19 Dermatomyositis: A Delayed Reaction That Evades Early Detection

Medeniyet Medical Journal, 2022
Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare autoimmune disease that causes symmetrical and predominantly proximal muscle weakness in the limbs and typical skin lesions. Its prevalence increased during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Viral infections
Nur Ili Syazwani MD HADIS, Siti Suhaila MOHD YUSOFF, Rosediani MUHAMAD, Fatin Hanani CHE JUHA   +3 more
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Tumor Growth Increases Neuroinflammation, Fatigue and Depressive-like Behavior Prior to Alterations in Muscle Function [PDF]

, 2015
Cancer patients frequently suffer from fatigue, a complex syndrome associated with loss of muscle mass, weakness, and depressed mood. Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) can be present at the time of diagnosis, during treatment, and persists for years after ...
Bicer, Sabahattin, Clark, Yvonne, Godbout, Jonathan P., Henry, Christopher J., Jing, Runfeng, McCarthy, Donna O., Norden, Diana M., Reiser, Peter J., Wold, Loren E.   +8 more
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Characteristics of Poor Recordability of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring during Metastatic Spinal Tumor Surgery: A Multicenter Study

Spine Surgery and Related Research
Introduction: The objective of this study is to investigate the poor recordability characteristics of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) for metastatic spinal tumors, focusing on tumor status or preoperative muscle weakness.
Naoki Segi, Hiroaki Nakashima, Masahiro Funaba, Jun Hashimoto, Shigenori Kawabata, Masahito Takahashi, Go Yoshida, Hiroki Ushirozako, Kenta Kurosu, Hideki Shigematsu, Tsunenori Takatani, Shinji Morito, Kei Yamada, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Yasushi Fujiwara, Akimasa Yasuda, Muneharu Ando, Shinichirou Taniguchi, Kanichiro Wada, Nobuaki Tadokoro, Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Naoya Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Nakanishi, Tsukasa Kanchiku, Katsushi Takeshita, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Shiro Imagama   +26 more
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Assessment of Muscle Quantity, Quality and Function

Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2022
Sarcopenia is a syndrome characterized by loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength that can increase the risk of physical disability, chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases, and long-term mortality. Sarcopenia adversely
Bo Kyung Koo
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Nintedanib decreases muscle fibrosis and improves muscle function in a murine model of dystrophinopathy [PDF]

, 2018
Duchenne muscle dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness. Dystrophin deficiency induces instability of the sarcolemma during muscle contraction that leads to muscle necrosis and replacement of muscle by ...
Díaz Manera, Jordi, Escudero Cuadrado, Luis María, Fernández Simón, Esther, Gallardo, Eduard, Gómez Gálvez, Pedro, Piñol Jurado, Patricia, Suárez Calvet, Xavier   +6 more
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A young woman with muscle weakness [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2001
Answers on p 284. A 28 year old woman presented with complaints of severe myalgias, muscle cramps and fatigue, of two weeks' duration. There was a history of pain and difficulty in rising from a squatting position and climbing up stairs. These symptoms, initially mild, had become exacerbated after the patient started cycling, …
N P, Singh, S, Anuradha, S K, Agarwal
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Recovery from acidosis is a robust trigger for loss of force in murine hypokalemic periodic paralysis. [PDF]

, 2019
Periodic paralysis is an ion channelopathy of skeletal muscle in which recurrent episodes of weakness or paralysis are caused by sustained depolarization of the resting potential and thus reduction of fiber excitability.
Cannon, Stephen C, DiFranco, Marino, Mi, Wentao, Quinonez, Marbella, Wu, Fenfen   +4 more
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Novel mutations expand the clinical spectrum of DYNC1H1-associated spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]

, 2015
OBJECTIVE To expand the clinical phenotype of autosomal dominant congenital spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance (SMA-LED) due to mutations in the dynein, cytoplasmic 1, heavy chain 1 (DYNC1H1) gene.
Al-Lozi, Muhammad T, Baas, Frank, Baloh, Robert H, Benatar, Michael, Calissano, Mattia, Chong, W K Kling, Cirak, Sebahattin, Connolly, Anne M, de Goede, Christian G E L, De Visser, Marianne, Fallon, Penny, Foley, A Reghan, Hadjikoumi, Irene, Hafezparast, Majid, Harms, Matthew B, Klein, Andrea, Mansour, Sahar, Manzur, Adnan Y, Martínez Arroyo, Amaia, Mcwilliam, Catherine, Mercuri, Eugenio, Muntoni, Francesco, Nixon, John, Overweg-Plandsoen, W C G Truus, Phadke, Rahul, Pitt, Matthew, Reilly, Mary M, Robb, Stephanie, Rodriguez Sanz, Aida, Rossor, Alexander M, Scoto, Mariacristina, Sewry, Caroline, Taylor, J Paul, Yang, Michele   +33 more
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Muscle Weakness [PDF]

, 2012
Weakness is a common presentation of a wide variety of central and peripheral nervous system disorders. Weakness can be due to an organic CNS lesion or due to pseudoparalysis secondary to pain. Weakness due to brain lesion usually takes the distribution according to the site and extent of the lesion (e.g. hemiplegia, diplegia, quadriplegia).
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