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Treatment of muscle weakness in neuromuscular disorders [PDF]

, 2016
International audienceWeakness is one of the predominant clinical manifestations of neuromuscular disorders (NMDs), which strongly influences daily life, prognosis, and outcome of affected patients.
Finsterer, Josef, Zarrouk-Mahjoub, Sinda
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Case report: A co-existing case of ulcerative colitis and dysferlinopathy in a male patient

Frontiers in Medicine
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at risk of developing malnutrition, severe dystrophic muscle weakness, and muscle atrophy. We present a case of a 33-year-old male patient who exhibited concurrent muscle atrophy, muscle weakness ...
Limin Li, Qiong Yan, Mingming Deng, Muhan Lü, Tiejun Zhou, Xiaolin Zhong   +5 more
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A fizioterápia szerepe az izomgyengeség megelőzésében egyetemi hallgatóknál [PDF]

, 2021
Muscle weakness is characterized by lower than usual muscle strength during voluntary contraction. The sedentary lifestyle of University students who spend most of their days in sitting position may present this problem.
Okolo, Christiana
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Acute respiratory muscle weakness and apnea in a critically ill patient induced by colistin neurotoxicity: key potential role of hemoadsorption elimination during continuous venovenous hemofiltration [PDF]

, 2013
Patrick M Honore,1 Rita Jacobs,1 Stijn Lochy,1 Elisabeth De Waele,1 Viola Van Gorp,1 Jouke De Regt,1 Geert Martens,1 Olivier Joannes-Boyau,2 Willem Boer,3 Herbert D Spapen1 1Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium ...
De Regt J, Joannes-Boyau O, Lochy S, Van Gorp V, De Waele E, Spapen HD, Martens G, Boer W, Jacobs R, Honore PM   +9 more
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Osteolytic Breast Cancer Causes Skeletal Muscle Weakness in an Immunocompetent Syngeneic Mouse Model

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2017
Muscle weakness and cachexia are significant paraneoplastic syndromes of many advanced cancers. Osteolytic bone metastases are common in advanced breast cancer and are a major contributor to decreased survival, performance, and quality of life for ...
Jenna N. Regan, Carter Mikesell, Steven Reiken, Haifang Xu, Andrew R. Marks, Khalid S. Mohammad, Theresa A. Guise, David L. Waning   +7 more
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Postoperative muscle weakness in a patient recently treated with infliximab [PDF]

, 2008
We present a case of profound postoperative muscle weakness in a patient who had been treated with infliximab, and whose weakness had not manifested pre-operatively.
Silverdale, M A, A. D. Drummond, R. M. Williamson, Drummond, A D, M. P. Rothwell, M. A. Silverdale, Williamson, R M, Rothwell, M P   +7 more
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Genetic test for Mendelian fatigue and muscle weakness syndromes. [PDF]

, 2020
Several inherited disorders involve chronic fatigue, muscle weakness and pain. These conditions can depend on muscle, nerve, brain, metabolic and mitochondrial defects. A major trigger of muscle weakness and fatigue is exercise.
Lorenzo Lorusso, Astrit Dautaj, Aysha Karim Kiani, Silvia Maitz, Sabrina Benedetti, Savina Nodari, Francesca Agostini, Enrica Capelli, Bruno Amato, Matteo Bertelli   +9 more
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Proprioception mediates the association between systemic inflammation and muscle weakness in patients with knee osteoarthritis: Results from the Amsterdam Osteoarthritis cohort

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2017
Objectives: To determine whether systemic inflammation is associated with poor proprioception; to confirm that systemic inflammation is associated with muscle weakness; and to determine whether poor proprioception mediates the association between ...
Tomasz Cudejko, Martin van der Esch, Marike van der Leeden, Jasmijn Holla, Leo D. Roorda, Willem Lems, Joost Dekker   +6 more
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Altered cholesterol homeostasis in critical illness-induced muscle weakness: effect of exogenous 3-hydroxybutyrate

Critical Care, 2021
Background Muscle weakness is a complication of critical illness which hampers recovery. In critically ill mice, supplementation with the ketone body 3-hydroxybutyrate has been shown to improve muscle force and to normalize illness-induced ...
Chloë Goossens, Ruben Weckx, Sarah Derde, Sarah Vander Perre, Inge Derese, Paul P. Van Veldhoven, Bart Ghesquière, Greet Van den Berghe, Lies Langouche   +8 more
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Respiratory and limb muscles’ ability to repeatedly generate maximal isometric strength in patients with intensive care unit-acquired weakness: an observational study

BMC Anesthesiology
Background Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-Aw) is a prevalent complication in critically ill patients, affecting both limb and respiratory muscles, individually or concurrently.
Margaux Machefert, Guillaume Prieur, Solène Aubry, Yann Combret, Clément Medrinal   +4 more
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