National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Muscle Disorders is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Your muscles help you move and help your body work. Different types of muscles have different jobs. There are many problems that can affect muscles. Muscle disorders can cause weakness, pain or even paralysis.
There may be no known cause for a muscle disorder. Some known causes include
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)