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carnitine and Muscle Weakness

carnitine has been researched along with Muscle Weakness in 33 studies

Muscle Weakness: A vague complaint of debility, fatigue, or exhaustion attributable to weakness of various muscles. The weakness can be characterized as subacute or chronic, often progressive, and is a manifestation of many muscle and neuromuscular diseases. (From Wyngaarden et al., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p2251)

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Patients with cystic acne (CA) on Isotretinoin (Iso) therapy might present muscular symptoms as side effect of the drug."9.09L-carnitine supplementation in patients with cystic acne on isotretinoin therapy. ( Georgala, C; Georgala, S; Michas, T; Schulpis, KH, 1999)
"Patients with carnitine insufficiency had a significantly higher prevalence of muscle weakness and a lower 6-min walk distance than those without carnitine insufficiency (P < 0."8.31Association of carnitine insufficiency with sarcopenia and dynapenia in patients with heart failure. ( Hirai, M; Kato, M; Kinugasa, Y; Nakamura, K; Sota, T; Yamamoto, K, 2023)
"The aim of this study was to elucidate the efficacy of the combination of L-carnitine and exercise, reported to prevent muscle wasting, for muscle complications (function, volume, and cramping) in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) who received branched-chain amino acid supplementation."7.91Can L-carnitine supplementation and exercise improve muscle complications in patients with liver cirrhosis who receive branched-chain amino acid supplementation? ( Abe, M; Hiasa, Y; Hiraoka, A; Hirooka, M; Kiguchi, D; Matsuura, B; Michitaka, K; Ninomiya, T, 2019)
"Weakness is common in both hyper- and hypothyroidism, and skeletal muscle L-carnitine may play a role in this regard, as suggested by studies indicating abnormal levels of carnitine in serum and urine of patients with thyroid dysfunction."7.73Muscle carnitine in hypo- and hyperthyroidism. ( Gilchrist, JM; Hennessey, JV; Kandula, M; Sinclair, C, 2005)
"To assess the role of carnitine in the skeletal myopathy present in anorexia nervosa."7.70Carnitine levels in patients with skeletal myopathy due to anorexia nervosa before and after refeeding. ( McLoughlin, DM; Morton, J; Russell, GF; Whiting, S, 1999)
"Patients with cystic acne (CA) on Isotretinoin (Iso) therapy might present muscular symptoms as side effect of the drug."5.09L-carnitine supplementation in patients with cystic acne on isotretinoin therapy. ( Georgala, C; Georgala, S; Michas, T; Schulpis, KH, 1999)
"Low serum levels of the carnitine in chronic uremic patients treated by hemodialysis is one of the causes of muscle weakness."5.08[Levels of L-carnitine in serum of patients with chronic renal failure treated by hemodialysis (HD)]. ( Bombicki, K; Czarnecki, R; Kozioł, L; Wanic-Kossowska, M, 1998)
"Patients with carnitine insufficiency had a significantly higher prevalence of muscle weakness and a lower 6-min walk distance than those without carnitine insufficiency (P < 0."4.31Association of carnitine insufficiency with sarcopenia and dynapenia in patients with heart failure. ( Hirai, M; Kato, M; Kinugasa, Y; Nakamura, K; Sota, T; Yamamoto, K, 2023)
"Our data suggest three possible clinically actionable endotypes in primary OA: muscle weakness, arginine deficit and low inflammatory OA."4.02Endotypes of primary osteoarthritis identified by plasma metabolomics analysis. ( Furey, A; Liu, M; Rahman, P; Randell, EW; Sun, G; Werdyani, S; Zhai, G; Zhang, H, 2021)
"A 28-year-old Taiwanese woman presented with dyspnoea, poor appetite, and muscle weakness after using antiobesity drugs, including metformin, triiodothyronine, and topiramate."4.02Exacerbation of myopathy triggered by antiobesity drugs in a patient with multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. ( Liang, WC; Liao, WA; Lin, PY; Sun, YT, 2021)
"The aim of this study was to elucidate the efficacy of the combination of L-carnitine and exercise, reported to prevent muscle wasting, for muscle complications (function, volume, and cramping) in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) who received branched-chain amino acid supplementation."3.91Can L-carnitine supplementation and exercise improve muscle complications in patients with liver cirrhosis who receive branched-chain amino acid supplementation? ( Abe, M; Hiasa, Y; Hiraoka, A; Hirooka, M; Kiguchi, D; Matsuura, B; Michitaka, K; Ninomiya, T, 2019)
"Since it is a treatable disorder, this diagnosis must be considered by performing an acylcarnitine profile in all patients presenting with an unexplained muscular weakness."3.76[Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MADD): a curable cause of genetic muscular lipidosis]. ( Acquaviva-Bourdain, C; Brivet, M; Eymard, B; Jardel, C; Laforêt, P; Lombès, A; Maillart, E; Rigal, O; Vianey-Saban, C, 2010)
"Weakness is common in both hyper- and hypothyroidism, and skeletal muscle L-carnitine may play a role in this regard, as suggested by studies indicating abnormal levels of carnitine in serum and urine of patients with thyroid dysfunction."3.73Muscle carnitine in hypo- and hyperthyroidism. ( Gilchrist, JM; Hennessey, JV; Kandula, M; Sinclair, C, 2005)
"To assess the role of carnitine in the skeletal myopathy present in anorexia nervosa."3.70Carnitine levels in patients with skeletal myopathy due to anorexia nervosa before and after refeeding. ( McLoughlin, DM; Morton, J; Russell, GF; Whiting, S, 1999)
"Treatment with carnitine, a compound essential for normal mitochondrial function, has been suggested to have significant benefits in such patients, so we carried out a study to see if carnitine acts by improving muscle bioenergetics and function."2.71Effects of carnitine supplementation on muscle metabolism by the use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and near-infrared spectroscopy in end-stage renal disease. ( Altmann, P; Bonomo, Y; Cooper, R; Graham, K; Rajagopalan, B; Styles, P; Taylor, DJ; Vaux, EC, 2004)
"Not surprisingly, a group of muscle disorders due to defects in this system usually leads to the development of acute rhabdomyolysis in conditions such as infection, fasting and prolonged exercise."2.46State of the art in muscle lipid diseases. ( Liang, WC; Nishino, I, 2010)
"Muscle weakness is a nonspecific finding of myopathy of any etiology that include iatrogenic, toxic, endocrinological, infectious, immunologic, and metabolic disorders."1.51Two cases of glutaric aciduria type II: how to differentiate from inflammatory myopathies? ( Armagan, B; Erden, A; Kalyoncu, U; Karadag, O; Koca, M; Ozdamar, S; Sari, A; Yildiz, F, 2019)
"Severe pneumonia was the initial diagnosis."1.42Refractory Hyperlactatemia with Organ Insufficiency in Lipid Storage Myopathy. ( He, W; Li, Y; Liang, W; Liang, X; Liu, X; Xu, Y; Zhong, N; Zhou, L, 2015)
"In patients with homozygous beta thalassemia, the reduction of serum carnitine levels might play an important role in the appearance of muscular dysfunction."1.33Serum carnitine levels in patients with homozygous beta thalassemia: a possible new role for carnitine? ( Liapi-Adamidou, G; Tsagris, V, 2005)

Research

Studies (33)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's4 (12.12)18.2507
2000's10 (30.30)29.6817
2010's14 (42.42)24.3611
2020's5 (15.15)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Kinugasa, Y1
Sota, T1
Nakamura, K1
Hirai, M1
Kato, M1
Yamamoto, K1
Han, J1
Song, X1
Lu, S1
Ji, G1
Xie, Y1
Wu, H1
Werdyani, S1
Liu, M1
Zhang, H1
Sun, G1
Furey, A1
Randell, EW1
Rahman, P1
Zhai, G1
Lin, PY1
Liang, WC3
Liao, WA1
Sun, YT1
Vasiljevski, ER2
Burns, J1
Bray, P1
Donlevy, G1
Mudge, AJ1
Jones, KJ1
Summers, MA2
Biggin, A1
Munns, CF1
McKay, MJ1
Baldwin, JN1
Little, DG2
Schindeler, A2
Horton, L1
Henry, M1
Conway, R1
Kumar, B1
Rupasinghe, T1
Evesson, FJ1
Mikulec, K1
Peacock, L1
Quinlan, KG1
Cooper, ST1
Roessner, U1
Stevenson, DA1
Koca, M1
Erden, A1
Armagan, B1
Sari, A1
Yildiz, F1
Ozdamar, S1
Kalyoncu, U1
Karadag, O1
Hiraoka, A1
Kiguchi, D1
Ninomiya, T1
Hirooka, M1
Abe, M1
Matsuura, B1
Hiasa, Y1
Michitaka, K1
Gautschi, M1
Weisstanner, C1
Slotboom, J1
Nava, E1
Zürcher, T1
Nuoffer, JM1
Xu, Y1
Zhou, L1
Liang, W1
He, W1
Liu, X1
Liang, X1
Zhong, N1
Li, Y1
Al-sharefi, A1
Bilous, R1
Yamada, K1
Kobayashi, H1
Bo, R1
Takahashi, T1
Purevsuren, J1
Hasegawa, Y1
Taketani, T1
Fukuda, S1
Ohkubo, T1
Yokota, T1
Watanabe, M1
Tsunemi, T1
Mizusawa, H1
Takuma, H1
Shioya, A1
Ishii, A1
Tamaoka, A1
Shigematsu, Y1
Sugie, H1
Yamaguchi, S1
Fu, HX1
Liu, XY1
Wang, ZQ1
Jin, M1
Wang, DN1
He, JJ1
Lin, MT1
Wang, N1
Ohkuma, A1
Hayashi, YK1
López, LC1
Hirano, M1
Nonaka, I1
Noguchi, S1
Chen, LH1
Jong, YJ1
Nishino, I2
Laforêt, P2
Acquaviva-Bourdain, C2
Rigal, O2
Brivet, M2
Penisson-Besnier, I1
Chabrol, B1
Chaigne, D1
Boespflug-Tanguy, O1
Laroche, C1
Bedat-Millet, AL1
Behin, A1
Delevaux, I1
Lombès, A2
Andresen, BS1
Eymard, B2
Vianey-Saban, C2
Maillart, E1
Jardel, C1
Filippo, CA1
Ardon, O1
Longo, N1
Ushikai, M1
Horiuchi, M1
Kobayashi, K1
Matuda, S1
Inui, A1
Takeuchi, T1
Saheki, T1
Răşanu, T1
Mehedinţi-Hâncu, M1
Alexianu, M1
Mehedinţi, T1
Gheorghe, E1
Damian, I1
Miller, B1
Ahmad, S1
Karmaniolas, K1
Ioannidis, P1
Liatis, S1
Dalamanga, M1
Papalambros, T1
Migdalis, I1
Davenport, A1
Vaux, EC1
Taylor, DJ1
Altmann, P1
Rajagopalan, B1
Graham, K1
Cooper, R1
Bonomo, Y1
Styles, P1
Tsagris, V1
Liapi-Adamidou, G1
Sinclair, C1
Gilchrist, JM1
Hennessey, JV1
Kandula, M1
Rathod, R1
Baig, MS1
Khandelwal, PN1
Kulkarni, SG1
Gade, PR1
Siddiqui, S1
Barth, PG1
Wanders, RJ1
Ruitenbeek, W1
Roe, C1
Scholte, HR1
van der Harten, H1
van Moorsel, J1
Duran, M1
Dingemans, KP1
Wanic-Kossowska, M1
Bombicki, K1
Kozioł, L1
Czarnecki, R1
Morton, J1
McLoughlin, DM1
Whiting, S1
Russell, GF1
Georgala, S1
Schulpis, KH1
Georgala, C1
Michas, T1
Lucas, M1
Hinojosa, M1
Rodríguez, A1
Garcia-Guasch, R1

Clinical Trials (1)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
Fat and Sugar Metabolism During Exercise in Patients With Metabolic Myopathy[NCT02635269]60 participants (Actual)Interventional2016-01-31Active, not recruiting
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Reviews

2 reviews available for carnitine and Muscle Weakness

ArticleYear
State of the art in muscle lipid diseases.
    Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology, 2010, Volume: 29, Issue:2

    Topics: Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Long-Chain; Cardiomyopathies; Carnitine; Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase; H

2010
A review of the impact of L-carnitine therapy on patient functionality in maintenance hemodialysis.
    American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2003, Volume: 41, Issue:4 Suppl 4

    Topics: Activities of Daily Living; Carnitine; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Muscle Weakness; Quality of

2003

Trials

5 trials available for carnitine and Muscle Weakness

ArticleYear
L-carnitine supplementation for muscle weakness and fatigue in children with neurofibromatosis type 1: A Phase 2a clinical trial.
    American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2021, Volume: 185, Issue:10

    Topics: Cardiomyopathies; Carnitine; Child; Dietary Supplements; Fatigue; Female; Humans; Hyperammonemia; Ma

2021
Effects of carnitine supplementation on muscle metabolism by the use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and near-infrared spectroscopy in end-stage renal disease.
    Nephron. Clinical practice, 2004, Volume: 97, Issue:2

    Topics: Blood Chemical Analysis; Carnitine; Double-Blind Method; Energy Metabolism; Exercise Test; Exercise

2004
Results of a single blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to study the effect of intravenous L-carnitine supplementation on health-related quality of life in Indian patients on maintenance hemodialysis.
    Indian journal of medical sciences, 2006, Volume: 60, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Carnitine; Dietary Supplements; Female; Humans; India; Injections, Intravenous; Kidney Failur

2006
[Levels of L-carnitine in serum of patients with chronic renal failure treated by hemodialysis (HD)].
    Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej, 1998, Volume: 99, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Carnitine; Electromyography; Female; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Male; Middle Aged; Musc

1998
L-carnitine supplementation in patients with cystic acne on isotretinoin therapy.
    Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV, 1999, Volume: 13, Issue:3

    Topics: Acne Vulgaris; Adult; Alanine Transaminase; Alkaline Phosphatase; Aspartate Aminotransferases; Carni

1999

Other Studies

26 other studies available for carnitine and Muscle Weakness

ArticleYear
Association of carnitine insufficiency with sarcopenia and dynapenia in patients with heart failure.
    Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2023, Volume: 23, Issue:7

    Topics: Carnitine; Hand Strength; Heart Failure; Humans; Muscle Strength; Muscle Weakness; Muscle, Skeletal;

2023
Adolescent Hyperuricemia with Lipid Storage Myopathy: A Clinical Study.
    Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2019, Nov-30, Volume: 25

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Carnitine; Child; China; Electron-Transferring Flavoproteins; Female; Humans; Hyp

2019
Endotypes of primary osteoarthritis identified by plasma metabolomics analysis.
    Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2021, 06-18, Volume: 60, Issue:6

    Topics: Aged; Arginine; Body Mass Index; Carnitine; Case-Control Studies; Coronary Disease; Diabetes Mellitu

2021
Exacerbation of myopathy triggered by antiobesity drugs in a patient with multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
    BMC neurology, 2021, Feb-27, Volume: 21, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Obesity Agents; Asian People; Carnitine; Female; Humans; Metformin; Multiple Acyl Coenzy

2021
An Intriguing Case of Acute Left-Sided Weakness in a 4-Year-Old Boy.
    Clinical pediatrics, 2021, Volume: 60, Issue:9-10

    Topics: Baclofen; Carnitine; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis, Differential; Diet, Ketogenic; Humans; Leigh Disea

2021
Dietary intervention rescues myopathy associated with neurofibromatosis type 1.
    Human molecular genetics, 2018, 02-15, Volume: 27, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Carnitine; Child; Child, Preschool; Fatty Acids; Female; Humans; Lipid M

2018
Two cases of glutaric aciduria type II: how to differentiate from inflammatory myopathies?
    Acta clinica Belgica, 2019, Volume: 74, Issue:6

    Topics: Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase; Adolescent; Biopsy; Carnitine; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Late

2019
Can L-carnitine supplementation and exercise improve muscle complications in patients with liver cirrhosis who receive branched-chain amino acid supplementation?
    European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2019, Volume: 31, Issue:7

    Topics: Aged; Amino Acids, Branched-Chain; Carnitine; Dietary Supplements; Electric Impedance; Exercise Ther

2019
Highly efficient ketone body treatment in multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency-related leukodystrophy.
    Pediatric research, 2015, Volume: 77, Issue:1-1

    Topics: Brain; Carnitine; Child, Preschool; Coma; Consanguinity; Dietary Fats; Hereditary Central Nervous Sy

2015
Refractory Hyperlactatemia with Organ Insufficiency in Lipid Storage Myopathy.
    Archives of Iranian medicine, 2015, Volume: 18, Issue:8

    Topics: Adolescent; Bronchitis; Carnitine; Female; Humans; Hyperlactatemia; Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors;

2015
Reversible weakness and encephalopathy while on long-term valproate treatment due to carnitine deficiency.
    BMJ case reports, 2015, Sep-02, Volume: 2015

    Topics: Adult; Antimanic Agents; Brain Diseases; Cardiomyopathies; Carnitine; Female; Humans; Hyperammonemia

2015
Clinical, biochemical and molecular investigation of adult-onset glutaric acidemia type II: Characteristics in comparison with pediatric cases.
    Brain & development, 2016, Volume: 38, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Carnitine; Humans; Male; Multiple Acyl Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase Deficiency; Musc

2016
Significant clinical heterogeneity with similar ETFDH genotype in three Chinese patients with late-onset multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
    Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2016, Volume: 37, Issue:7

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Carnitine; Computational Biology; DNA Mutational Analysis; Electron-Transfe

2016
ETFDH mutations, CoQ10 levels, and respiratory chain activities in patients with riboflavin-responsive multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
    Neuromuscular disorders : NMD, 2009, Volume: 19, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Age of Onset; Asian People; Carnitine; Child; DNA Mutational Analysis; Electron Transport; El

2009
Diagnostic assessment and long-term follow-up of 13 patients with Very Long-Chain Acyl-Coenzyme A dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency.
    Neuromuscular disorders : NMD, 2009, Volume: 19, Issue:5

    Topics: Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Long-Chain; Adolescent; Adult; Biomarkers; Carnitine; Cells, Cultured; Child

2009
[Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MADD): a curable cause of genetic muscular lipidosis].
    Revue neurologique, 2010, Volume: 166, Issue:3

    Topics: Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases; Adult; Biopsy; Brain Diseases, Metabolic; Carnitine; Coloring Agents; DNA M

2010
Glycosylation of the OCTN2 carnitine transporter: study of natural mutations identified in patients with primary carnitine deficiency.
    Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2011, Volume: 1812, Issue:3

    Topics: Amino Acid Substitution; Animals; Biological Transport; Blotting, Western; Cardiomyopathies; Carniti

2011
Induction of PDK4 in the heart muscle of JVS mice, an animal model of systemic carnitine deficiency, does not appear to reduce glucose utilization by the heart.
    Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2011, Volume: 102, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Cardiomyopathies; Carnitine; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Glucose; Hyperammonemia; Male;

2011
Carnitine deficiency.
    Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie, 2012, Volume: 53, Issue:1

    Topics: Biopsy; Carnitine; Child; Diagnosis, Differential; Disease Progression; Electromyography; Female; He

2012
Primary carnitine deficiency in a male adult.
    Journal of medicine, 2002, Volume: 33, Issue:1-4

    Topics: Adult; Carnitine; Creatine Kinase; Humans; Lipid Metabolism; Male; Muscle Weakness; Muscle, Skeletal

2002
Carnitine: a false dawn in the treatment of muscle weakness in end-stage renal failure patients?
    Nephron. Clinical practice, 2004, Volume: 97, Issue:2

    Topics: Carnitine; Exercise Tolerance; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Mitochondria, Muscle; Muscle Weaknes

2004
Serum carnitine levels in patients with homozygous beta thalassemia: a possible new role for carnitine?
    European journal of pediatrics, 2005, Volume: 164, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; beta-Thalassemia; Carnitine; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Fatty

2005
Muscle carnitine in hypo- and hyperthyroidism.
    Muscle & nerve, 2005, Volume: 32, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Biopsy; Carnitine; Down-Regulation; Female; Humans; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Male; Mi

2005
Infantile fibre type disproportion, myofibrillar lysis and cardiomyopathy: a disorder in three unrelated Dutch families.
    Neuromuscular disorders : NMD, 1998, Volume: 8, Issue:5

    Topics: Cardiomyopathy, Dilated; Carnitine; Fatty Acids; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Microscopy, Electron;

1998
Carnitine levels in patients with skeletal myopathy due to anorexia nervosa before and after refeeding.
    The International journal of eating disorders, 1999, Volume: 26, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Mass Index; Carnitine; Female; Humans; Mitochondrial Myopathies; Muscl

1999
Anaesthesia in lipid myopathy.
    European journal of anaesthesiology, 2000, Volume: 17, Issue:7

    Topics: Anesthesia, Epidural; Anesthesia, General; Anesthetics, Inhalation; Anesthetics, Local; Carnitine; C

2000