Muscle, Skeletal

"Muscle, Skeletal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A subtype of striated muscle, attached by TENDONS to the SKELETON. Skeletal muscles are innervated and their movement can be consciously controlled. They are also called voluntary muscles.

Descriptor ID	D018482
MeSH Number(s)	A02.633.567 A10.690.552.500
Concept/Terms	Muscle, Skeletal Muscle, Skeletal Muscle, Voluntary Muscles, Voluntary Voluntary Muscle Voluntary Muscles Skeletal Muscle Muscles, Skeletal Skeletal Muscles Soleus Muscle Soleus Muscle Muscle, Soleus Plantaris Muscle Plantaris Muscle Muscle, Plantaris Anterior Tibial Muscle Anterior Tibial Muscle Muscle, Anterior Tibial Tibial Muscle, Anterior Gastrocnemius Muscle Gastrocnemius Muscle Muscle, Gastrocnemius

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Muscle, Skeletal".

Anatomy [A]
Musculoskeletal System [A02]
Muscles [A02.633]
Muscle, Skeletal [A02.633.567]
Tissues [A10]
Muscles [A10.690]
Muscle, Striated [A10.690.552]
Muscle, Skeletal [A10.690.552.500]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Muscle, Skeletal" by people in this website by year, and whether "Muscle, Skeletal" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 581 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 47 publications in 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	7	1	8
1996	10	1	11
1997	7	10	17
1998	4	5	9
1999	5	6	11
2000	10	4	14
2001	10	2	12
2002	21	7	28
2003	21	10	31
2004	18	16	34
2005	34	13	47
2006	17	8	25
2007	16	14	30
2008	32	11	43
2009	21	10	31
2010	29	7	36
2011	15	6	21
2012	16	8	24
2013	14	5	19
2014	9	9	18
2015	5	7	12
2016	2	3	5
2017	14	5	19
2018	8	3	11
2019	8	9	17
2020	5	3	8
2021	6	2	8
2022	2	14	16
2023	0	4	4
2024	4	4	8
2025	2	2	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle, Skeletal" by people in Profiles.

Couillard S, Adler B, Meyers WC, Zoga AC, Poor AE, Kamel SI. Core Muscle Injuries: Preoperative Imaging and Postoperative Considerations. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2025 Feb; 29(1):34-44.

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Paul RW, Osman A, Nazarian LN, Ciccotti MG, Cohen SB, Erickson BJ, Buchheit P, Rauch J, Osbahr DC, Thomas SJ. Chronic Structural Adaptations of the Shoulder and Elbow Are Correlated in Professional Baseball Pitchers. Am J Sports Med. 2025 Mar; 53(4):944-951.

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Zorowitz RD, Jacinto J, Ashford S, Beneteau M, Maisonobe P, Hannes C, Esquenazi A. Muscle selection and dosing in patients undergoing treatment with abobotulinumtoxinA for lower limb spasticity in real-world practice. J Rehabil Med. 2025 Feb 07; 57:jrm42605.

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Jensen-Battaglia M, Lin PJ, Sanapala C, Watson EE, Mendler JH, Liesveld J, Wang Y, Hayward E, LoCastro M, Mortaz S, Dunne RF, Mustian K, Loh KP. Changes in muscle performance among older adults with myeloid malignancies engaging in a mobile health (mHealth) exercise intervention: a single arm pilot study. BMC Geriatr. 2025 Jan 09; 25(1):22.

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Garg A, Jansen S, Greenberg L, Zhang R, Lavine KJ, Greenberg MJ. Dilated cardiomyopathy-associated skeletal muscle actin (ACTA1) mutation R256H disrupts actin structure and function and causes cardiomyocyte hypocontractility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Nov 12; 121(46):e2405020121.

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Bersani A, Amankwah M, Calvetti D, Somersalo E, Viceconti M, Davico G. Myobolica: A Stochastic Approach to Estimate Physiological Muscle Control Variability. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2024; 32:3270-3277.

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Weiss SN, Legato JM, Liu Y, Vaccaro CN, Da Silva RP, Miskiel S, Gilbert GV, Hakonarson H, Fuller DA, Buono RJ. An analysis of differential gene expression in peripheral nerve and muscle utilizing RNA sequencing after polyethylene glycol nerve fusion in a rat sciatic nerve injury model. PLoS One. 2024; 19(9):e0304773.

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Poor AE, Meyers WC. Core Muscle Injuries in Baseball Players. Clin Sports Med. 2025 Apr; 44(2):355-367.

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Meyer GA, Ferey JLA, Sanford JA, Fitzgerald LS, Greenberg AE, Svensson K, Greenberg MJ, Schenk S. Insights into posttranslational regulation of skeletal muscle contractile function by the acetyltransferases, p300 and CBP. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2024 Jun 01; 136(6):1559-1567.

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Roberts BM, Geddis AV, Ciuciu A, Reynoso M, Mehta N, Varanoske AN, Kelley AM, Walker RJ, Munoz R, Kolb AL, Staab JS, Naimo MA, Tomlinson RE. Acetaminophen influences musculoskeletal signaling but not adaptations to endurance exercise training. FASEB J. 2024 Apr 15; 38(7):e23586.

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