The correlation between anthropometric variables and muscular strength in patients coinfected with leprosy and HIV

• Main Authors: Diego Vinicius da Costa Novais (Author), Mariana Garcia Borges do Nascimento (Author), Geovanna Lemos Lopes (Author), João Augusto Gomes de Souza Monteiro de Brito (Author), Thomaz Xavier Carneiro (Author), Givago Silva Souza (Author), Marília Brasil Xavier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Peripheral nerve disease may lead to physical disability because of decreased muscle strength and/or loss of sensitivity in the dermatomes of affected peripheral nerves. Both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)- and leprosy-affected patients can develop neurological damage; therefore, the...