Understanding Muscle Atrophy. 1  1. Know what muscle atrophy means. 2  2. Learn about disuse atrophy, the leading cause of muscle atrophy. 3  3. Understand the causes of neurogenic atrophy.  4. Recognize the symptoms of muscle 1  atrophy. 5. Seek medical advice if you think you are experiencing muscle atrophy.  6. Work with experts.
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a United States government public health agency. 2  Centers for Disease Control (Republic of China) , an agency in Taiwan (the Republic of China) that combats the threat of communicable diseases. 3  Community Development Council, Singapore government-led community programs.
A major CDC contribution to world health was leadership in global polio eradication. By 1992 CDC had expanded far beyond communicable diseases, and the agency's name was changed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The acronym remained CDC by law.).