Muscle atrophy

As muscle atrophy (also: muscle atrophy, amyotrophy ) the loss of skeletal muscle or diminution of the muscle cross -section is called, which dates back mostly to decreased stress.

Muscle atrophy can be caused in different ways:

  • Age;
  • Malnutrition;
  • Inactivity, eg by chronic ( joints, back ) pain, or by therapeutic immobility, such as placing a plaster cast;
  • Disorder of muscle metabolism;
  • Neuromuscular diseases - failure of nerve, to address the muscles, these are often genetically determined;

See also: Spinal muscular atrophy and Neural Muscular Atrophy

The reduced strength of the muscles ( hypotonia ) pain may occur even at low loads.

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