Overuse and Disuse Weakness
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Overuse can be defined as the chronic overloading of muscles in daily life activities resulting in physical complaints such as muscle fatigue and pain. Overuse can develop in case of a reduced capacity of muscle to endure loads due to paresis (slight or partial paralysis), but also when normal muscle is chronically overloaded, for instance when a muscle has to compensate for other paretic muscles. This paper focuses on the overload of muscles but other structures such as tendons, ligaments and joint capsules may also suffer from overuse symptoms.
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