Muscle atrophy
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muscle-atrophy-176-18784496
title:
Muscle atrophy
text:
Muscle atrophy is the loss of skeletal muscle mass. It can be caused by immobility, aging, malnutrition, medications, or a wide range of injuries or diseases that impact the musculoskeletal or nervous system. Muscle atrophy leads to muscle weakness and causes disability. Disuse causes rapid muscle atrophy and often occurs during injury or illness that requires immobilization of a limb or bed rest. Depending on the duration of disuse and the health of the individual, this may be fully reversed wi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Loss of skeletal muscle mass
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_atrophy
date created:
2006-05-27T04:43:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T23:54:27Z
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image:
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13
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