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active vs, inactive muscle, muscular atrophy, muscle wasting, wasting, atrophy, the muscles, muscle atrophy refers, wasting, loss of muscle tissue resulting from disease, lack of use, majority of muscle atrophy, in the general population results from disuse, sedentary jobs, senior citizens, decreased activity, lose muscle tone, develop significant atrophy, type of atrophy is reversible, vigorous exercise, bed-ridden people, undergo significant muscle wasting, astronauts, free, the gravitational pull of earth, develop decreased muscle tone, loss of calcium from bones following just a few days of weightlessness, muscle atrophy resulting from disease rather than disuse, one of two types, resulting from damage, nerves that supply the muscles, the muscle, examples of diseases affecting the nerves that control muscles would be poliomyelitis, polio, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, als, lou gehrig's disease, guillain-barre syndrome, examples of diseases affecting primarily the muscles would include muscular dystrophy, myotonia congenita, myotonic dystrophy, congenital, inflammatory, metabolic myopathies, muscle diseases, minor muscle atrophy, loss of mobility, power, atrophy that occurs, aging, cerebrovascular accident, stroke, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, peripheral neuropathy, injury, prolonged immobilization, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, prolonged corticosteroid therapy, diabetes, diabetic neuropathy, burns, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, als, lou gehrig's disease, guillain-barre syndrome, muscular dystrophy, myotonia congenita, myotonic dystrophy, myopathy, application of moist heat, whirlpool baths, resistive exercises, prohibited by the doctor, active exercises, recommended where a full range of motion is achieved, exercises using braces, splints, who cannot actively move one, joints, unexplained, prolonged muscle atrophy, medical history, a physical examination performed, medical history, muscle atrophy in detail, time pattern, did it begin, getting worse, location, what muscle is affected, extent of atrophy, determined by observation, limb circumference measurements, diagnostic tests, ct scans of affected area, electromyography, muscle biopsy, nerve conduction studies, x-rays of affected area, ultrasound therapy, surgery, a contracture, related to muscle atrophy.