This is despite the fact that several extraocular muscles are required for the eye to move and function properly. Researchers in Umeå have found a possible explanation for this phenomenon.

Background Echobiometric evaluation of extraocular muscles in normal subjects has been performed previously, but only in adults. We determined extraocular muscle thickness in normal subjects in ...

It's known that statins can sometimes cause inflammation of skeletal muscles (myositis) in the body, and the current side effect "probably represents a localized myositis in the extraocular ...