History gathering should solicit the patient’s abilities or limitations with these activities of daily living (ADLs). The patient may have mild arthralgias. Lungs are the most common extra muscular ...

Myopathies are a group of disorders that are characterized by a primary structural or functional impairment of the skeletal muscle. These diseases usually affect muscles without involving the nervous ...

Pseudohypertrophy of muscles is a rare and under-recognised form of hypothyroid myopathy primarily affecting the calf muscles, in association with elevated muscle enzymes. We report the case of an ...

The diagnosis is rare, but devastating – children with congenital muscle disorders often never learn to walk. Until now, there was no chance of recovery, but researchers at the University of Basel and ...

Skeletal muscles in a mouse model of human muscular dystrophy degenerate because of excessive cell death. A new study suggests that these muscles suffer from lack of autophagy, exacerbating apoptosis ...

Nearly one-third of PM/DM patients are readmitted within 180 days. Common causes of readmission include PM exacerbations and sepsis. Female patients, obese patients, patients with comorbid conditions, ...

For patients with systemic sclerosis, myopathy is a risk factor for worse outcomes and survival, according to a recent study. Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) as well as myopathy had more severe ...

Many people stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins because they experience muscle aches, weakness, and fatigue.

There are three types of muscle tissue in the human body including cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle fibers are those which are attached to the skeleton. They are ...

A 32-year-old woman wants to establish care and discuss her recent diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome. The patient was in her usual state of health until approximately 10 years ago when she experienced dry ...

Broiler chicken muscle myopathies, including conditions such as white striping and wooden breast, have emerged as significant challenges for the global poultry industry. Intensified genetic selection ...

Malignancies may initially present with muscle weakness and elevated muscle enzymes. Age and gender-specific cancer screening should be completed or updated in those with a myopathic process. 9,10 ...