TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Weakness A1 - Sullivan, Katherine J. A1 - Weimer, Katherine M. A2 - Davenport, Todd E. A2 - Kulig, Kornelia A2 - Sebelski, Chris A. A2 - Gordon, James A2 - Watts, Hugh G. PY - 2013 T2 - Diagnosis for Physical Therapists: A Symptom-Based Approach AB - This chapter describes pathology that may lead to weakness. Weakness is the inability of muscles to generate force to generate the age-related functional activities. Strength is the capacity of skeletal muscle to develop the amount of force needed to provide the musculoskeletal mobility and stability required for functional performance.1 Impairment in strength result in the symptom of weakness. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184026251 ER -