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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Amyotrophic
lateral sclero- |
Symptoms
of ALS include weak- |
Massage
is indicated for ALS, |
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Lateral Sclerosis |
sis
(ALS) is a progressive |
ness,
fatigue, and muscle spasms. |
with
caution and under a |
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133) |
disease
that begins in the |
It
appears most frequently in men |
doctor's
supervision. |
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central
nervous system. It |
between
40 and 70 years of age |
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involves
the degeneration |
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of
motor neurons and the |
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subsequent
atrophy of vol- |
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untary muscle. |
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