Sentences with phrase «form of muscle weakness»

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These subprojects will focus on aging - associated diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, muscle weakness) and on various forms of cancer such as neuroblastoma, colon, or breast cancer.

The RyR1 is of fundamental importance for the development of muscle force and a decrease in its content may be causally linked to the profound muscle weakness seen in patients with some forms of congenital myopathies linked to recessive RYR1 mutations.

Although in rare cases, individuals may have respiratory muscle weakness, CMT is not considered a fatal disease and people with most forms of CMT have a normal life expectancy.

And too much protein restriction can actually contribute to aging in the form of muscle wasting, accompanied by increasing weakness and immune deficiencies.

«Activities such as repeated sit - up - based exercises, heavy lifting with poor form, a sudden increase in the intensity of our training as well as muscle weakness and fatigue all place a huge amount of force through our spinal discs and increase our risk of low back pain,» says Sam Bullock, physiotherapist and expert in sport injuries.

Signs of deficiency: If you don't consume or absorb enough in vitamin D from food, through exposure to sunlight, or your kidneys can not convert vitamin D to its active form in the body, it can lead to osteomalacia, causing bone pain and muscle weakness.

If abnormal muscle function is found, in the form of abnormal inhibition (weakness), the practitioner uses manual biofeedback — much the same way as the initial muscle testing assessment — to restore muscle function.

Muscular dystrophy: a congenital and often inherited form of generalized muscle dysfunction which causes signs such as poor growth, weakness, abnormal gait, dificulty eating and swallowing, and muscle atrophy.

Often referred to as an incline treadmill due to the therapists» ability to adjust the incline / decline as well as the speed, the treadmill is also a terrific form of canine rehabilitation therapy, effective at treating a wide range of problems from gait abnormalities to muscle weakness in older dogs.