Muscle conditions

Introduction: Muscle conditions

Muscle conditions: Any condition that affects the muscles of the body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Muscle conditions is available below.

Symptoms of Muscle conditions

• Muscle pain
• Muscle swelling
• Muscle inflammation
• Difficulty moving the affected muscle

Medical Textbooks Online about Muscle conditions

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Muscle conditions?

• Underlying causes of Muscle conditions (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Causes of Muscle conditions

• Calpainopathy
• Desmin-related myopathy
• Ethanol
• X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy
• Myoneurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome

See full list of 62 causes of Muscle conditions

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Reseach about Muscle conditions

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Clinical Trials for Muscle conditions

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Muscle conditions include:

• Molecular and Genetic Studies of Congenital Myopathies - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Study of Inherited Neurological Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Study of the Metabolism of Pyruvate and Related Problems in Patients With Lactic Acidemia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Pilot Compassionate Use Study of Thioctic Acid Treatment in Mitochondrial Myopathy - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - thioctic acid
• Qigong vs. Aerobic Exercise in the Treatment of Childhood Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

See full list of 222 Clinical Trials for Muscle conditions

Types of Muscle conditions

• Muscle pain
• Muscle weakness
• Convulsions
• Dermatomyositis
• Febrile Seizures

See full list of 13 Types of Muscle conditions

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Definitions of Muscle conditions:

Impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning of the muscle. - (Source - Diseases Database)