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Muscle weakness. Muscle weakness is a lack of muscle strength. Its causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have either true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy. It occurs in neuromuscular junction ...
Weakness is a symptom of many different medical conditions. [1] The causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy. It occurs in neuromuscular junction ...
Functional weakness is weakness of an arm or leg without evidence of damage or a disease of the nervous system. Patients with functional weakness experience symptoms of limb weakness which can be disabling and frightening such as problems walking or a 'heaviness' down one side, dropping things or a feeling that a limb just doesn't feel normal ...
Differential diagnosis. Conversion disorder. Hoover’s sign of leg paresis is one of two signs named for Charles Franklin Hoover. [1] It is a maneuver aimed to separate organic from non-organic paresis of the leg. [2] The sign relies on the principle of synergistic contraction. [citation needed]
Flaccid paralysis is a neurological condition characterized by weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause (e.g., trauma ). [1] This abnormal condition may be caused by disease or by trauma affecting the nerves associated with the involved muscles. For example, if the somatic nerves to a skeletal muscle are severed ...
Focal neurologic signs also known as focal neurological deficits or focal CNS signs are impairments of nerve, spinal cord, or brain function that affects a specific region of the body, e.g. weakness in the left arm, the right leg, paresis, or plegia. [citation needed] Focal neurological deficits may be caused by a variety of medical conditions ...
Stroke. In medicine, paresis ( / pəˈriːsɪs, ˈpærəsɪs /) is a condition typified by a weakness of voluntary movement, or by partial loss of voluntary movement or by impaired movement. When used without qualifiers, it usually refers to the limbs, but it can also be used to describe the muscles of the eyes ( ophthalmoparesis ), the stomach ...
Strengths and weaknesses generally refer to a person's character . Personal strengths are defined as positive character traits that include abilities, talents, skills, attributes and knowledge in which an individual exceeds. Weaknesses are the opposite of strengths, meaning they are defined as character traits that are poorly developed or negative.