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Prevention of disuse muscle atrophy in chronic arthritides
1Section of Sports Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
This article briefly reviews the causes and physiologic considerations of skeletal muscle disuse atrophy. This is a common problem associated with chronic arthritides. Methods of preventing or modifying this disability are presented.