Tag: Muscle Problems
Symptoms Persist in Many Discharged COVID-19 Patients
Most common symptoms at six months were fatigue or muscle weakness, sleep difficulties, anxiety or depression
Global Burden High for Musculoskeletal Disorders
From 1990, slight decrease seen in age-standardized prevalence, disability-adjusted life year rates
Lockdown Tied to Worsening of Musculoskeletal Conditions
About half of U.K. patients experienced an increase in symptoms during early stages of the pandemic
Vitamin C Positively Linked to Skeletal Muscle Mass Measures
Positive links seen for dietary and circulating vitamin C with muscle mass in middle- and older-aged adults
ACP, AAFP Issue Guidelines for Acute Musculoskeletal Injuries
Acute pain from non-low back, musculoskeletal injuries first should be treated with topical NSAIDs
2005 to 2016 Saw Increase in Skeletal Muscle Relaxant Use
Office visits with prescribed SMR nearly doubled; tripling in visits for continued SMR drug therapy
Low Muscle Mass, Density Linked to Shorter Survival in Lymphoma
13 percent of DLBCL patients had LMM, LMD, which was associated with shorter OS and PFS
Longer Hormone Therapy Tied to Less Muscle Loss in Menopause
In large study of postmenopausal women, sarcopenia lower in participants with history of prolonged HT
Functional Brace Feasible for Ruptured Achilles Tendon
Outcomes at nine months after injury did not differ for functional brace compared with plaster cast
Endurance Exercise May Offer Vascular Benefit in Sickle Cell Disease
Increases in capillary density, functional exchange surface seen in microvasculature of skeletal muscle
