This is a big deal. For years, many people believed that aging always causes muscle weakness. But this study shows that the nervous system—the system that sends signals from the brain to the ...

My wife (age 59) has very poor leg strength. This has been the case for a number of years now, and her deceased mother had similar problems. Walking up a flight of stairs, especially if they are ...

Symptoms of hereditary spastic paraparesis, including weakness of the legs, are due to deterioration of nerves in the spinal cord that control the leg muscles. The process of nerve deterioration ...

Many causes thought to impact likelihood of developing this weakness, which is linked to higher death rates. In a genetic analysis of over 250,000 people aged over 60 from UK Biobank and 21 other ...

When he tried to get up, he realized he couldn’t move. His weakness had a surprising cause — and an even more surprising cause behind the cause. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. “I can’t move my legs,” the ...

As we get older we lose muscle strength, and in some people this severe weakness impacts their ability to live everyday lives, a condition called sarcopenia. Around 10 per cent of people over 50 ...

Leg numbness is a loss of feeling in your legs, often accompanied by other sensations like tingling or pins-and-needles pain or discomfort. It can be caused by a variety of health conditions.