Muscular weakness represents the main limiting factor of walk, functional independence and quality of life of myelopathy patients associated to HTLV-1 - Concepedia

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Muscular weakness represents the main limiting factor of walk, functional independence and quality of life of myelopathy patients associated to HTLV-1

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2016

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Renata Costa Caiafa, Marco Orsini, Lílian Ramiro Felício, Marzia Puccioni‐Sohler

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Abstract

The impairment of gait, functional dependence and quality of life were predominantly a consequence of intense muscle weakness in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy patients.

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