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15 sty 2020 · The differential diagnosis of true muscle weakness is extensive, including neurologic, rheumatologic, endocrine, genetic, medication- or toxin-related, and infectious etiologies.
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Muscle weakness is a common complaint among patients...
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However, other possible etiologies should be added to the...
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The differential diagnosis of muscle weakness is extensive,...
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For most cases, EMG is an important initial test to confirm the myopathic origin of weakness and search for other diagnostic clues. For example , identifying symptom onset, family history, and pattern of muscle involvement are key to guiding further diagnostic studies (Figure 1).
15 sty 2020 · Muscle weakness should then be graded objectively using a formal tool such as the Medical Research Council Manual Muscle Testing scale. The differential diagnosis of true muscle weakness is extensive, including neurologic, rheumatologic, endocrine, genetic, medication- or toxin-related, and infectious etiologies.
11 cze 2020 · The distal myopathies are a rare and heterogeneous group of disorders causing myopathic weakness at onset of the hands, feet, or both. 1 The term distal myopathy is usually reserved for genetic disorders; however, weakness of the distal muscles is sometimes present in the acquired muscle diseases. 2 In addition, prominent distal muscle weakness ...
18 cze 2024 · Weakness is a common, nonspecific emergency department (ED) complaint that encompasses a broad differential diagnosis. The diagnosis of potentially life-threatening neurologic and neuromuscular processes requires a systematic, anatomic approach based upon a careful history, physical examination, and in some cases, imaging studies.
The first step in evaluating any patient complaining of weakness is to distinguish functional weakness from neuromuscular weakness. The history should be completed systematically with a focus on the onset, the evolution of symptoms, and location of the lesion along the motor pathway.
The pattern of weakness observed in this phenomenon commonly involves muscles of upper and/or lower limb and less commonly muscles of neck, face, distal limb, eye, pharynx, respiratory system, and heart. Patients present with generalized weakness and muscle pain which disturb their everyday lives 1.
