"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,
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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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.515 C10.597.613.593 C23.550.695 C23.888.592.608.593
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Weakness- Muscle Weakness
- Muscle Weaknesses
- Weakness, Muscle
- Weaknesses, Muscle
- Muscular Weakness
- Muscular Weaknesses
- Weakness, Muscular
- Weaknesses, Muscular
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle Weakness" by people in Profiles.
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Minimal inter-surgeon agreement on the diagnosis of pseudoparalysis in patients with massive rotator cuff tears. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2023 Sep; 32(9):1960-1966.
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Hand-held dynamometry for assessment of muscle strength in patients with inflammatory myopathies. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 May 14; 60(5):2146-2156.
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Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women. Nat Commun. 2021 01 28; 12(1):654.
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Case 22-2019: A 65-Year-Old Woman with Weakness, Dark Urine, and Dysphagia. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jul 18; 381(3):275-283.
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Does Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection with Low-Dose Lidocaine Cause Objective Upper Extremity Weakness? A Preliminary Study. Pain Med. 2017 Dec 01; 18(12):2296-2305.
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Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Cervical Dystonia. Semin Neurol. 2016 Feb; 36(1):47-53.
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Primary results from the cervical dystonia patient registry for observation of onabotulinumtoxina efficacy (CD PROBE). J Neurol Sci. 2015 Feb 15; 349(1-2):84-93.
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Prospect for pharmacological therapies to treat skeletal muscle dysfunction. Calcif Tissue Int. 2015 Mar; 96(3):234-42.
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Efficacy and safety of incobotulinumtoxinA (NT 201, XEOMIN?, botulinum neurotoxin type A, without accessory proteins) in patients with cervical dystonia. J Neurol Sci. 2011 Sep 15; 308(1-2):103-9.
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Muscle weakness, afferent sensory dysfunction and exercise in knee osteoarthritis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2011 Jan; 7(1):57-63.