Muscle Weakness

Muscle Weakness is a physiological condition characterized by a reduced capacity of skeletal muscle to generate force in response to voluntary activation, distinguishing it from related impairments such as muscle atrophy or fatigue by its specific focus on diminished force production.

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2017–2026

388

Parents

Functional Decline

Children

Critical Illness WeaknessDenervation WeaknessDisuse AtrophyElectrolyte-induced WeaknessSteroid-induced MyopathyVoluntary Muscle Strength

Publications

2.1K

Muscle deficiency and neonatal death in mice with a targeted mutation in the myogenin gene

Paul Hasty, Allan Bradley, Julia H. Morris et al. · Nature · 1993 · 1.4K citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +15

IKKβ/NF-κB Activation Causes Severe Muscle Wasting in Mice

Dongsheng Cai, J. Daniel Frantz, Nicholas E. Tawa et al. · Cell · 2004 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Physiology +10

Skeletal Muscle Cutpoints Associated with Elevated Physical Disability Risk in Older Men and Women

Ian Janssen · American Journal of Epidemiology · 2004 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Physical Activity +14

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Craig M. McDonald, Richard T. Abresch, Gregory T. Carter et al. · American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · 1995 · 1.1K citations

Medicine, Physical Medicine, Neuromuscular Disorders +13

Deficiency of a glycoprotein component of the dystrophin complex in dystrophic muscle

James M. Ervasti, Kay Ohlendieck, Steven D. Kahl et al. · Nature · 1990 · 1K citations

Medicine, Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics +16

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Baziel G.M. van Engelen
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
27 publications · 1.6K citations
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John Vissing
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
20 publications · 756 citations
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Håkan Westerblad
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
18 publications · 956 citations
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Nicol C. Voermans
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
15 publications · 697 citations
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C. Angelini
University of Padua, Italy
14 publications · 899 citations
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Muscle & Nerve
140 publications · 6.3K citations
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Neurology
75 publications · 4.5K citations
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PubMed
Repository · 143 publications · 5.5K citations
37
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Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
55 publications · 3.5K citations
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Human Molecular Genetics
36 publications · 2.6K citations
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