loading...| Preferred Name |
Muscle weakness |
| Synonyms |
Muscular weakness Muscle weakness |
| Definitions |
It is important clinical to distinguish between muscle weakness, fatigue, and asthenia. Fatigue describes the inability to continue performing a task after multiple repetitions; in contrast, a patient with primary weakness is unable to perform the first repetition of the task. Asthenia is a sense of weariness or exhaustion in the absence of muscle weakness. Conditions that result in intrinsic muscle weakness can be divided into several main categories: infectious, neurologic, endocrine, inflammatory, rheumatologic, genetic, metabolic, electrolyte-induced, or drug-induced. Reduced strength of muscles. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001324 |
| comment |
It is important clinical to distinguish between muscle weakness, fatigue, and asthenia. Fatigue describes the inability to continue performing a task after multiple repetitions; in contrast, a patient with primary weakness is unable to perform the first repetition of the task. Asthenia is a sense of weariness or exhaustion in the absence of muscle weakness. Conditions that result in intrinsic muscle weakness can be divided into several main categories: infectious, neurologic, endocrine, inflammatory, rheumatologic, genetic, metabolic, electrolyte-induced, or drug-induced. |
| database_cross_reference |
MSH:D018908 SNOMEDCT_US:26544005 UMLS:C0151786 |
| definition |
Reduced strength of muscles. |
| has_alternative_id |
HP:0002309 HP:0009061 HP:0009012 HP:0008979 |
| has_exact_synonym |
Muscular weakness Muscle weakness |
| id |
HP:0001324 |
| label |
Muscle weakness |
| notation |
HP:0001324 |
| prefLabel |
Muscle weakness |
| subClassOf |