Skeletal muscle damage in COVID-19: a call for action

AM Ali, H Kunugi - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
… In conclusion, this work presents evidence of muscular damage in COVID-19 patients, … is
a complication of COVID-19. It also emphasizes the importance of assessing muscle condition, …

Cardiorespiratory and skeletal muscle damage due to COVID-19: making the urgent case for rehabilitation

RN Silva, CDL Goulart, MR Oliveira… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… of life in the post-COVID-19 period and require multi-disciplinary … of COVID-19 pathophysiology,
its cardiorespiratory consequences, and the essential role of exercise in the COVID-19

Muscle dysfunction in the long coronavirus disease 2019 syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical approach

CC Silva, CNC Bichara, FRO Carneiro… - Reviews in Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… of the skeletal muscles in long COVID-19, highlighting the mechanisms of tissue … 6:
Hospitalisation due to COVID-19 can cause muscle damage due to the use of drugs and sedatives, …

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on muscle status in old patients recovering from COVID-19 infection

A Caballero-García, D Pérez-Valdecantos, P Guallar… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
… to muscle injury [32,33]. Regarding COVID-19, immune-mediated muscle damage can
be explained by the deposition of virus–antibody complexes in the muscles, viral toxins …

Rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI (RIAKI) including the role of COVID-19

E Młynarska, J Krzemińska, M Wronka… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
muscle damage during SARS-CoV-2 infection [13,18]. Others point to direct damage caused
by the virus or involving immune factors [19… also a common complication of COVID-19 [20,21…

Case report: myopathy in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a consequence of hyperinflammation?

V Versace, L Sebastianelli, D Ferrazzoli… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… : COVID-19-associated muscular complications may comprise myalgia, weakness, wasting,
and rhabdomyolysis. Skeletal muscle damage in COVID-19 … typical COVID-19 pneumonia …

Myopathy as a cause of fatigue in long‐term post‐COVID19 symptoms: Evidence of skeletal muscle histopathology

EK Hejbøl, T Harbo, J Agergaard… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… Although the pathology includes fiber damage, mitochondrial changes, inflammation, and
… of whether the observed muscle damage is the result of viral infection of muscle, immune-…

Intermuscular adipose tissue as a risk factor for mortality and muscle injury in critically ill patients affected by COVID-19

AP Rossi, L Gottin, K Donadello, V Schweiger… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… fatigue and injury are frequently observed in critically ill COVID-19muscle adipose tissue
depots are associated with mortality and muscle damage in patients affected by COVID-19

Skeletal muscle and peripheral nerve histopathology in COVID-19

J Suh, SS Mukerji, SI Collens, RF Padera Jr… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
… This study provides Class IV evidence that muscle and nerve biopsies document a variety of
… that muscle damage occurs secondary to an inflammatory response, including damage from …

COVID-19 vaccine-related myositis

DJ Theodorou, SJ Theodorou, A Axiotis… - … Journal of Medicine, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… We presume that in addition to minor muscle injury at the site of injection, toxic myopathy …
the COVID-19 infection itself the exact mechanism6 causing damage to the injected muscle