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 28 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	1	2
2006	0	3	3
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	4	4
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	1	2
2017	0	1	1
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1

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Mendoza-Ferreira N, Karakaya M, Cengiz N, Beijer D, Brigatti KW, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Fuhrmann N, H?lker 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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Salsi V, Magdinier F, Tupler R. Does DNA Methylation Matter in FSHD? Genes (Basel). 2020 02 28; 11(3).

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Ricci G, Cammish P, Siciliano G, Tupler R, Lochmuller H, Evangelista T. Phenotype may predict the clinical course of facioscapolohumeral muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve. 2019 06; 59(6):711-713.

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DeLuca M, Barkhuff D, Duggan NM, Miller ES, Wittels K, Wilcox SR. Case Presentations of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residencies: Weakness after Diving. J Emerg Med. 2019 03; 56(3):332-336.

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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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Al-Ghamdi F, Vytopil M, Ghosh PS. Clinical Reasoning: A teenager with left arm weakness. Neurology. 2018 03 06; 90(10):e907-e910.

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Young KA, Nasser-Ghodsi N, Kautz JM. 64-Year-Old Woman With Weakness and Fall. Mayo Clin Proc. 2017 10; 92(10):1559-1563.

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Gaissert H, Wilcox SR. Diaphragmatic Dysfunction after Thoracic Operations. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Dec; 64(8):621-630.

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Wilcox SR. Corticosteroids and neuromuscular blockers in development of critical illness neuromuscular abnormalities: A historical review. J Crit Care. 2017 02; 37:149-155.

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Burtin C, Ter Riet G, Puhan MA, Waschki B, Garcia-Aymerich J, Pinto-Plata V, Celli B, Watz H, Spruit MA. Handgrip weakness and mortality risk in COPD: a multicentre analysis. Thorax. 2016 Jan; 71(1):86-7.

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