title: Prevention of disuse muscle atrophy in chronic arthritides.
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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Sports Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jokl
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000517:prevention & control*