"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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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2018 | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle Weakness" by people in Profiles.
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1-year outcomes in hospital survivors with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study. Lancet. 2021 08 28; 398(10302):747-758.
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Post-COVID-19 Symptoms Were Worse Than Cancer's Effects. JAMA. 2021 08 24; 326(8):692.
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Functional Neurological Disorder After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: Two Case Reports and Discussion of Potential Public Health Implications. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2021 Fall; 33(4):345-348.
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[Weakness as a complication of COVID-19 in critically ill patients: clinical features and prognostic factors in a case series]. Rev Neurol. 2021 07 01; 73(1):10-16.
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A Case of Elsberg Syndrome in the Setting of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2021 Jun 01; 22(4):228-231.
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Skel?etal muscle weakness in older adults home-restricted due to COVID-19 pandemic: a role for full-body in-bed gym and functional electrical stimulation. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021 Jul; 33(7):2053-2059.
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COVID-19 IgG-related autoimmune inflammatory necrotizing myositis. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Apr 13; 14(4).
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Critical illness polyneuropathy, myopathy and neuronal biomarkers in COVID-19 patients: A prospective study. Clin Neurophysiol. 2021 07; 132(7):1733-1740.
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Clinical and neurophysiological characterization of muscular weakness in severe COVID-19. Neurol Sci. 2021 Jun; 42(6):2173-2178.
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Muscle weakness, functional capacities and recovery for COVID-19 ICU survivors. BMC Anesthesiol. 2021 03 02; 21(1):64.