Sentences with phrase «with muscle weakness»

Underwater Treadmill Therapy is among the most effective therapies for postoperative canines and felines or pets with orthopedic, neurological, and / or geriatric conditions associated with muscle weakness.

This causes weight to shift in the body and can increase the curvature of the spine, which is associated with muscle weakness.

Low levels are associated with muscle weakness, and that includes your pelvic floor, possibly causing you to get up several times a night to urinate or making you prone to accidental leaks,» she says.

More than 70 percent of those who survive a stroke have to live with muscle weakness or paralysis, said study co-lead author Yaoming Wang, a senior research associate at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute.

It may also provide insight into diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which begins with muscle weakness in the extremities.

Not exact matches

In 2014, for example, an Alaskan man went to the hospital with fever, weakness, cough, and muscle pain just eight hours after putting a new coral in his home aquarium.

His parents confirmed that Charlie had died in a hospice yesterday after a long battle with an extremely rare genetic condition causing progressive brain damage and muscle weakness.

Milk fever can seem like the flu with symptoms such as fever, chills, and muscle weakness.

This method is most often used with children that have facial dfficulties such as a cleft palette or muscle weakness.

Many babies born with Down syndrome and muscle weakness can breastfeed just fine.

Hypotonia or «floppy infant syndrome», which may occur with or without muscle weakness and cause abnormal control of the oropharyngeal structures, resulting in weak or uncoordinated sucking

The end result, which the new study helps to explain, is dysfunction of motor neurons that control muscle along with muscle atrophy and weakness.

With other SMA types patients can live much longer, but they still suffer significant muscle weakness.

Around one sixth of people in the UK aged over 75 have vitamin B12 deficiency, which when severe can lead to significant problems in the nervous system including muscle weakness, problems with walking, tiredness, and pins and needles, as well as depression and problems with memory and other important everyday cognitive functions.

The study authors» recommendation of considering an implantable defibrillator even in patients with mild cardiac muscle weakness could introduce a paradigm shift in the approach to treatment.

These new findings should in future be factored into a new risk assessment method for people with non-ischaemic cardiac muscle weakness, say the scientists.

«We investigated cardiac muscle weakness patients with non-dangerous cardiac rhythm disturbances.

«Patients with non-ischaemic heart cardiac muscle weakness are assessed with a lower risk of sudden cardiac death and therefore are less likely to receive a primary prevention ICD.»

It is known that Zika can cause microcephaly, a severe birth defect in babies born to women infected with the virus, and Guillain - Barré syndrome, a neurological condition that can lead to muscle weakness and, in severe cases, paralysis.

Using CRISPR / Cas9, the Hamon Center team was able to correct the genetic defect in a mouse model of DMD and thus prevent the development of features of the disease, which in boys causes progressive muscle weakness and degeneration, often along with breathing and heart complications.

In his work with Sunderland players, Garbutt has concentrated on ankle weakness caused by muscle imbalances.

«For nearly 20 years, we've thought that the muscle weakness observed in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is primarily due to problems in their muscle fibres, but our research shows that it is also due to intrinsic defects in the function of their muscle stem cells,» said Dr. Michael Rudnicki, senior author of the study.

In a final set of experiments, the researchers used necrostatin - 1 to treat mice with axonal damage and hind leg weakness, a telltale sign of axonal demise similar to the muscle weakness that occurs in the early stages of ALS in humans.

Mitochondrial function in skeletal muscle of patients with protracted critical illness and ICU - acquired weakness.

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.

Patients with peripheral neuropathies may experience pain, tingling, numbness and progressive muscle weakness.

Zika infection is also strongly associated with Guillain - Barré Syndrome (GBS), an autoimmune disease that attacks the peripheral nervous system, leading to rapidly progressive and potentially life - threatening muscle weakness.

The findings demonstrate similarities in progressive muscle weakness and a decline in motor coordination in both models of motor neuron disease with a later onset and slower progression noted with PFN1 animals.

This may indicate that neural activation of the muscle plays a greater role in explaining weakness in persons with DS.

«Our major goal is to test this hypothesis by training women with breast cancer - related weakness using high effort plus moderate intensity exercise vs low effort combined with moderate intensity muscle exercise,» said Dr. Yue.

A typical feature includes weakness of the foot and lower leg muscles, which may result in foot drop and a high - stepped gait with frequent tripping or falling.

Later in the disease, weakness and muscle atrophy may occur in the hands, resulting in difficulty with fine motor skills.

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.

Strains of the muscles on the limbs are associated with poor warm - up, with weakness, poor flexibility and muscle fatigue.

In more advanced cases, someone with magnesium deficiency could experience heart problems (including irregular heart rhythm), muscle cramping and spasms, weakness, trouble sleeping, seizures, and tremors.

Depending on where the damage occurs, people can suffer muscle weakness, numbness, vision problems, and difficulty with balance and coordination.

Some of us are predestined to have excess fats, others are fairly thin but have patches of stubborn fats, some have problem in gaining muscles, others are muscular enough but with weaknesses in some body parts.

Human studies indicate that people with higher serum D3 levels have a decreased risk for falls and muscle weakness as well as less insulin resistance and diabetes.

«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: Blurred or double vision, slurring of words or speech difficulty, fatigue, weakness in arms or legs, loss of mobility, co-ordination, muscle spasms, trouble with memory and concentration,

They are given statins — not told of side effects such as muscle pain / weakness, fatigue, flushing, increase in blood glucose levels — and sent packing with advice to avoid saturated fat, eggs, and butter (groan).

While knee - replacement surgery removes pain and disability, patients recovering from the operation still struggle with weakness and a reduced range of motion due to muscle wastage.

Just last week, a friend was telling me about her struggle with chronic fatigue and muscle weakness that has gone on for over a year.

Elderly mice with age - related muscle weakness and atrophy were fed diets lacking or containing tiny amounts of these two key substances for two months.

The full spectrum of muscle function ranges from extreme weakness to extreme tightness, with normal in the middle.

Another consequence of low aldosterone is electrolyte imbalance and cell dehydration, which both have negative effects on almost all physiological reactions in the body: aside from salt cravings, low blood pressure and light - headedness, patients with adrenal fatigue often experience an irregular heart beat, lethargy, muscle weakness, and increased thirst.

Symptoms of rhabdomyolysis include tea - colored urine, muscle weakness, and persistent pain, although a more accurate diagnosis is available with blood tests.

Shoulder Exercises performed with machines alone decreases the need for rotator cuff muscle stabilization leading to long term weakness.

The first textbook on manual muscle testing appeared in 1949 to evaluate muscle weakness in polio patients, with newer editions in common use today for the evaluation of a full range of muscle dysfunction (11).

In this discussion, neuromuscular weakness is not necessarily associated with the lack of power, but rather, muscle dysfunction due to neurological deficits.