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UK health and social care costs due to muscle weakness amount to around £2.5 billion according to a new study carried out at the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton.
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Rafael Pinedo Villanueva
Associate Professor
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Cyrus Cooper
Professor of Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford
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Health Care Costs Associated With Muscle Weakness: A UK Population-Based Estimate
Calcif Tissue Int (2018)
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