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The Contributing Factors for Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness among Critical Ill Patients [PDF]

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Background: One of the most common complications of intensive care unit stay is neuromuscular dysfunction, this is a secondary disorder for other life-threatening conditions.
Ethar Soliman Eissa
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Insulin resistance is associated with skeletal muscle weakness in COPD. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Quadriceps weakness is seen across all GOLD stages of COPD and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. As quadriceps weakness is only weakly associated with FEV1 , mechanisms other than airflow obstruction are ...
Polkey, MI, Michael I Polkey, Baker, EH, Claire E Wells, Wells, CE, Emma H Baker   +5 more
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Muscle weakness but also contractures contribute to the progressive gait pathology in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a simulation study

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Background Muscle weakness and contractures cause gait deficits in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) but their relative contributions are poorly understood and hence it is unclear whether contractures should be treated.
Ines Vandekerckhove, Lars D’Hondt, Dhruv Gupta, Bram Van Den Bosch, Marleen Van den Hauwe, Nathalie Goemans, Liesbeth De Waele, Anja Van Campenhout, Kaat Desloovere, Friedl De Groote   +9 more
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Bedside Diagnosis of Rippling Muscle Disease in Cav3 P.A46T Mutation Carriers [PDF]

, 2010
Thirty-nine members, ages 1 to 67 years, of a Swedish family with rippling muscle disease (RMD) were investigated to assess genotype phenotype correlations. Clinical, neurophysiological, and muscle morphological examinations were performed.
Osterdahl, M, Kalimo, H, Dahl, N, Islander, G, Montelius, Maria,, Kalimo, Hannu,, Islander, Gunilla,, Smits, Anja, Montelius, Maria, Montelius, M, Smits, A, Nennesmo, Inger, Stalberg, Erik, Dahl, Niklas, Stålberg, Erik,, Dahl, Niklas,, Rucker, Franz, Melberg, Atle, Nennesmo, I,, Stalberg, E, Rucker, F, Sundblom, Jimmy,, Sundblom, J, Melberg, Atle,, Osterdahl, Maria, Smits, Anja,, Sundblom, Jimmy, Kalimo, Hannu, Islander, Gunilla, Lund University.   +29 more
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Effects of measurement protocols and repetitions on handgrip strength weakness and asymmetry in patients with cancer

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Background The use of handgrip strength (HGS) in clinical cancer research is surging. The association between HGS and outcomes in patients with cancer varied across studies, which might be due to the different measurement protocols for HGS.
Xiaoyan Chen, Lingling Xie, Xin Xia, Xiaozhen Luo, Jing Chen, Jing Zhang, QinLan Li, Xuemei Zhang, Jiaojiao Jiang, Ming Yang   +9 more
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Spontaneous Progressive Muscle Weakness with Persistent Leukocytosis

Case Reports in Surgery, 2019
Iliacus compartment syndrome is a rare clinical condition which can result in a severe, unilateral, femoral neuropraxia. Recognition of this syndrome as the cause of a developing neuropathy is often delayed given a lack of familiarity with this clinical ...
Sameer A. Hirji, Manish M. Karamchandani, Jonathan W. Scott, Matthew T. Menard   +3 more
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Chronic muscle weakness and mitochondrial dysfunction in the absence of sustained atrophy in a preclinical sepsis model

eLife, 2019
Chronic critical illness is a global clinical issue affecting millions of sepsis survivors annually. Survivors report chronic skeletal muscle weakness and development of new functional limitations that persist for years. To delineate mechanisms of sepsis-
Allison M Owen, Samir P Patel, Jeffrey D Smith, Beverly K Balasuriya, Stephanie F Mori, Gregory S Hawk, Arnold J Stromberg, Naohide Kuriyama, Masao Kaneki, Alexander G Rabchevsky, Timothy A Butterfield, Karyn A Esser, Charlotte A Peterson, Marlene E Starr, Hiroshi Saito   +14 more
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Muscle fiber dysfunction contributes to weakness in inclusion body myositis [PDF]

, 2019
Atrophy and fatty infiltration are important causes of muscle weakness in inclusion body myositis (IBM). Muscle weakness can also be caused by reduced specific force; i.e. the amount of force generated per unit of residual muscle tissue.
Hopman, Maria T. E., van Engelen, Baziel G. M., Heerschap, Arend, Rietveld, Anke, van Hees, Hieronymus W., Ottenheijm, Coen A. C., Lassche, Saskia, Voermans, Nicol C., Saris, Christiaan G. J.   +8 more
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Acute muscular weakness in children

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Acute muscle weakness in children is a pediatric emergency. During the diagnostic approach, it is crucial to obtain a detailed case history, including: onset of weakness, history of associated febrile states, ingestion of toxic substances/toxins ...
Ricardo Pablo Javier Erazo Torricelli
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An investigation into the ultrastructural parameters of abdominal muscles in children and adolescents with spastic type cerebral palsy and the effect on postural muscle performance [PDF]

, 2014
Includes bibliographical references.Cerebral palsy (CP) is an abnormality in motor function and postural tone that usually occurs at an early age. Spastic type cerebral palsy (STCP) - the most common type of motor disorder - involves increased muscle ...
Adjenti, Saviour Kweku
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