Skeletal muscle alterations in patients with acute Covid‐19 and post‐acute sequelae of Covid‐19

MN Soares, M Eggelbusch, E Naddaf… - Journal of cachexia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle‐related symptoms are common in both acute coronavirus disease (Covid)‐
19 and post‐acute sequelae of Covid‐19 (PASC). In this narrative review, we discuss …

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

AM Ali, H Kunugi - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Both laboratory investigations and body composition quantification measures (eg, computed
tomography, CT) portray muscle loss in symptomatic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Skeletal muscle wasting and function impairment in intensive care patients with severe COVID-19

MC Andrade-Junior, ICD Salles, CMM de Brito… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Intensive care patients commonly develop muscle wasting and functional
impairment. However, the role of severe COVID-19 in the magnitude of muscle wasting and …

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
In long coronavirus disease 2019 (long COVID‐19), involvement of the musculoskeletal
system is characterised by the persistence or appearance of symptoms such as fatigue …

Structural and functional impairments of skeletal muscle in patients with postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

M Colosio, L Brocca, MF Gatti, M Neri… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Following acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a substantial proportion of patients
showed symptoms and sequelae for several months, namely the postacute sequelae of …

Myopathy as a cause of fatigue in long‐term post‐COVID‐19 symptoms: Evidence of skeletal muscle histopathology

EK Hejbøl, T Harbo, J Agergaard… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Among post‐COVID‐19 symptoms, fatigue is reported as one of
the most common, even after mild acute infection, and as the cause of fatigue, myopathy …

Reduced muscle strength in patients with long-COVID-19 syndrome is mediated by limb muscle mass

R Ramírez-Vélez… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on muscle strength may help to elucidate the organ
systems that contribute to acute and chronic COVID-19 sequelae. We questioned whether …

Sarcopenia as potential biological substrate of long COVID‐19 syndrome: prevalence, clinical features, and risk factors

AM Martone, M Tosato, F Ciciarello… - Journal of cachexia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Severe clinical pictures and sequelae of COVID‐19 disease are immune
mediated and characterized by a 'cytokine storm'. Skeletal muscle has emerged as a potent …

Post-COVID-19 acute sarcopenia: physiopathology and management

K Piotrowicz, J Gąsowski, JP Michel… - Aging clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
In this review, we discuss the pathophysiologic and management aspects of acute
sarcopenia in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection. COVID-19 is as a multi-organ infectious …

[HTML][HTML] The musculoskeletal involvement after mild to moderate COVID-19 infection

PK Dos Santos, E Sigoli, LJG Bragança… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has been drastically
affecting the daily lives of millions of people. COVID-19 is described as a multiorgan disease …