muscle weakness
Feeble physical capacity
Muscle weakness is reduced strength or power in one or more muscles, making normal movements difficult or impossible.
The term appears in medical contexts describing symptoms of conditions from fatigue to neurological disease: The patient presented with progressive muscle weakness in the lower limbs.
Weakness may be localized or generalized, temporary or chronic.
Injured neural tissue
- paresisPartial loss of movement
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- neuralgiaSharp pain from irritated nerves
- motor neuronNerve cell activating muscles
nerve compression · demyelination · numbness · tingling · radiculopathy · carpal tunnel · sciatica · EMG
Disorder of muscle tissue
- dystrophyDegenerative tissue disorder
- myastheniaPathological muscle weakness
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
- poliomyelitisParalysis-causing viral infection
polymyositis · botulism · lupus · fibromyalgia · Charcot-Marie-Tooth · post-polio syndrome
Using poorly, inefficiently
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- disuseCessation of practice
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
denervation · shrinkage · debilitation · hypotonia · hypoplasia · decubitus · immobilization · bed rest
State of utter depletion
- tirednessState of needing rest
- wearinessState of being drained
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- enervationLoss of vigor
debility · malaise · prostration · flagging · sapped · drained · overexertion · faintness
Gradual functional decline with age
- frailtyWeakness of body
- geriatricRelating to elderly care
- declineDecrease or refuse
- elderlyAdvanced in age
gerontology · fall risk · osteoporosis · age-related · walker · cane · assisted living · physical therapy
Characterized by much sitting
- immobilityLack of motion
- bed restPrescribed period of lying down
- deconditioningLoss of conditioned response
- underuseInsufficient utilization of something
inactive · deskbound · hospitalization · spaceflight · microgravity · reduced mobility · physical inactivity
nerve damage
Injured neural tissue
- paresisPartial loss of movement
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- neuralgiaSharp pain from irritated nerves
motor neuron · nerve compression · demyelination · numbness · tingling · radiculopathy · carpal tunnel · sciatica · EMG · foot drop
myopathy
Disorder of muscle tissue
- dystrophyDegenerative tissue disorder
- myastheniaPathological muscle weakness
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
poliomyelitis · polymyositis · botulism · lupus · fibromyalgia · Charcot-Marie-Tooth · post-polio syndrome
wasting
Using poorly, inefficiently
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- disuseCessation of practice
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
emaciation · denervation · shrinkage · debilitation · hypotonia · hypoplasia · decubitus · immobilization · bed rest · catabolic
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
enervation · debility · malaise · prostration · flagging · sapped · drained · overexertion · faintness · heaviness
senescence
Gradual functional decline with age
elderly · gerontology · fall risk · osteoporosis · age-related · walker · cane · assisted living · physical therapy · strength training
sedentary
Characterized by much sitting
- immobilityLack of motion
- bed restPrescribed period of lying down
- deconditioningLoss of conditioned response
underuse · inactive · deskbound · hospitalization · spaceflight · microgravity · reduced mobility · physical inactivity
- muscle disordersmyopathy, myositis, polymyositis, cramping, spasms
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- weaknessfeebleness, frailty, debility, asthenia, enfeeblement
- Aging Problemsdementia, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, arthritis, falls
- autoimmune symptomsjoint pain, joint swelling, rash, fatigue, inflammation
- drug effectsanalgesia, allergic reaction, stimulation, vasodilation, vasoconstriction
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Force muscles generate
physical strength · brute strength · muscle power · vigor · might
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Bodily force capacity
physical conditioning · muscle tone · muscularity · vigor · robustness
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