Muscle Weakness

"Muscle Weakness" 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 vague complaint of debility, fatigue, or exhaustion attributable to weakness of various muscles. The weakness can be characterized as subacute or chronic, often progressive, and is a manifestation of many muscle and neuromuscular diseases. (From Wyngaarden et al., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p2251)

Descriptor ID	D018908
MeSH Number(s)	C05.651.515 C10.597.613.593 C23.550.695 C23.888.592.608.593
Concept/Terms	Muscle Weakness Muscle Weakness Muscle Weaknesses Weakness, Muscle Weaknesses, Muscle Muscular Weakness Muscular Weaknesses Weakness, Muscular Weaknesses, Muscular

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

Diseases [C]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Muscular Diseases [C05.651]
Muscle Weakness [C05.651.515]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Neurologic Manifestations [C10.597]
Neuromuscular Manifestations [C10.597.613]
Muscle Weakness [C10.597.613.593]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Muscle Weakness [C23.550.695]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Neuromuscular Manifestations [C23.888.592.608]
Muscle Weakness [C23.888.592.608.593]

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Bar chart showing 27 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	3	3
2005	3	2	5
2006	0	1	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	3	1	4
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2020	1	1	2
2022	1	1	2

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Kirupaharan P, Kramer D, Gandler A, Kenyon L, Summer R. 68-year old man with progressive weakness and ventilator dependent respiratory failure: a case report of sporadic late onset nemaline myopathy. BMC Pulm Med. 2022 Mar 19; 22(1):97.

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Pugliese JM, Coyle PC, Knox PJ, Sions JM, Patterson CG, Pohlig RT, Simon CB, Weiner DK, George SZ, Piva S, Hicks GE. The Manual Therapy and Strengthening for the Hip (MASH) Trial: Protocol for a Multisite Randomized Trial of a Subgroup of Older Adults With Chronic Back and Hip Pain. Phys Ther. 2022 01 01; 102(1).

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O'Mathuna D, Berghella V, Bellussi F, Kumar N, Haas DM. Cochrane Review Summaries-October 2020. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 10; 136(4):844-846.

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Mendoza-Ferreira N, Karakaya M, Cengiz N, Beijer D, Brigatti KW, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Fuhrmann N, Hölker I, Thelen MP, Zetzsche S, Rombo R, Puffenberger EG, De Jonghe P, Deconinck T, Zuchner S, Strauss KA, Carson V, Schrank B, Wunderlich G, Baets J, Wirth B. De Novo and Inherited Variants in GBF1 are Associated with Axonal Neuropathy Caused by Golgi Fragmentation. Am J Hum Genet. 2020 10 01; 107(4):763-777.

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Fox MD, Carson VJ, Feng HZ, Lawlor MW, Gray JT, Brigatti KW, Jin JP, Strauss KA. TNNT1 nemaline myopathy: natural history and therapeutic frontier. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 09 15; 27(18):3272-3282.

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Parekh NN, Desai NS, Feeko KJ. A localized brain lesion resulting in isolated hand weakness. PM R. 2015 Feb; 7(2):220-1.

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Flynn S, Knarr BA, Perumal R, Kesar TM, Binder-Macleod SA. Using submaximal contractions to predict the maximum force-generating ability of muscles. Muscle Nerve. 2012 Jun; 45(6):849-58.

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Petterson SC, Barrance P, Marmon AR, Handling T, Buchanan TS, Snyder-Mackler L. Time course of quad strength, area, and activation after knee arthroplasty and strength training. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Feb; 43(2):225-31.

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Burns AS, Delparte JJ, Patrick M, Marino RJ, Ditunno JF. The reproducibility and convergent validity of the walking index for spinal cord injury (WISCI) in chronic spinal cord injury. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2011 Feb; 25(2):149-57.

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Zeni JA, Axe MJ, Snyder-Mackler L. Clinical predictors of elective total joint replacement in persons with end-stage knee osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010; 11:86.

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