Cerebral infarction may cause thigh muscle atrophy, but it depends on the specific situation of the patient, patients who can walk normally after cerebral infarction generally do not have muscle atrophy, and patients who are paralyzed in bed may have thigh muscle atrophy.
If patients with cerebral infarction do not have sequelae or the sequelae are mild, the impact on the function of the lower limbs is small, and they are able to move normally, they will not have thigh muscle atrophy. If the patient after cerebral infarction has hemiplegia, long-term bedridden, the lower limbs lose the motor function, then the thigh muscle will appear wasteful atrophy.
Patients with cerebral infarction should actively carry out rehabilitation treatment after their condition is stabilized, and if they have hemiplegia and their limbs cannot be moved, they can be given passive activities for their limbs, so as to avoid the emergence of atrophy of limb muscles.