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Your muscles help you move and help your body work. Different types of muscles have different jobs. There are many problems that can affect muscles. Muscle disorders can cause weakness, pain or even paralysis.
There may be no known cause for a muscle disorder. Some known causes include
Taking Charge of Fibromyalgia - Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a disorder that is characterized by widespread muscle pain, fatigue, muscle stiffness, and nonrestorative sleep. Fibromyalgia Educational Systems offers for sale a 185-page handbook, for patients, their families, and health professionals to aid understanding, managing, and coping with fibromyalgia.
Rapid Upper Limb Assessment - Interactive assessment of the exposure of people to postures, forces, and muscle activities known to contribute to Upper Limb Disorders.
Muscle Autoantibodies - Antibodies and complement in myopathies and neuromuscular junction disorders. Maintained by Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Neuromuscular Disease Center - Review of various muscle, nerve and neuromuscular disorders; links to relevant sites.
Bell's Palsy - Facial Nerve Disorders - Description of the condition,the nerve, and facial muscles, as well as diagnosis and treatment information.
Centronuclear & Myotubular Myopathy - British information point for sufferers and their families of these disorders and associated muscle abnormalities.
Myopathy and neuromuscular junction disorders - Detailed information on some of the muscle diseases.
Familial Desminopathy - Desmin related myopathy is a disorder characterized by accumulation of desmin in the muscle cells. It can be dominantly inherited or occur spontaneously, its effects can range from mild to severe.
Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase Deficiency - Newsletter for health care professionals and patients interested in CPT deficiency, a mitochondrial disorder of fat metabolism that causes muscle breakdown.
eMedicine Health - Bone, Joint and Muscle - Information on range of musculoskeletal disorders.