MRI of the brachial plexus in polyneuropathy associated with monoclonal gammopathy.

abstract：:We report two female patients with a history of alcohol abuse presenting with proximal painful muscle weakness following aversion therapy with emetine hydrochloride. Muscle biopsy of Case 1 showed a reversible floccular-shaped loss of myosin ATPase and dehydrogenase, an accumulation of PAS positive material, and a nor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sugie H,Russin R,Verity MA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) developed guidelines to formalize the ethical standards that neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic (EDx) physicians should observe in their clinical and scientific activities. Neuromuscular and EDx medicine is a subspecialty of medicine that ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Abel NA,De Sousa EA,Govindarajan R,Mayer MP,Simpson DA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study was designed to assess the effect of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) exposure of the parotid gland on oxidative stress and some trace element levels in the facial nerves of rats. METHODS:Twelve male Wistar albino rats were divided into two groups, each consisting of 6 animals. The ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kavak S,Garca MF,Gecit I,Meral I,Cengiz N,Demir H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical analysis of muscle specimens from 5 patients with acute quadriplegic myopathy indictes that depletion of either fast or slow myosin occurs in this disorder. The initial lesion consists of focal myosin loss in nonatrophic fibers. Other structural proteins (actin, titin, nebulin) are spared or affecte...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Showalter CJ,Engel AG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct infection of muscle fibers by human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has recently been reported in a patient with polymyositis infected with both HTLV-I and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Coinfections of these viruses are frequently found in the United States. In Kagoshima, Japan, patients with polymyo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Higuchi I,Nerenberg M,Yoshimine K,Yoshida M,Fukunaga H,Tajima K,Osame M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with self-limited statin-related myopathy improve spontaneously when statins are stopped. In contrast, patients with statin-associated autoimmune myopathy have autoantibodies recognizing 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) and usually require immunosuppressive therapy to contr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Floyd JS,Brody JA,Tiniakou E,Psaty BM,Mammen A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdrop samples of endoneurial fluid and serum from galactosemic rats were analyzed with energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). The sodium concentration of endoneurial fluid from galactose-fed rats (295 meq/liter) was nearly twice that of age-matched controls (152 meq/liter) and indicates that sodium is present in an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mizisin AP,Myers RR,Powell HC

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As applied to skeletal muscle, stem cell therapy is a reincarnation of myoblast transfer therapy that has resulted from recent advances in the cell biology of skeletal muscle. Both strategies envisage the reconstruction of damaged muscle from its precursors, but stem cell therapy employs precursors that are earlier in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Partridge TA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a family with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), showing an early-onset and a fatal outcome before age 30. Transthyretin (TTR) gene analysis showed one point mutation (T-->C change) in the second base of codon 55, and the corresponding amino acid substitution of proline (Pro) for leucine (Leu) was confir...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Yamamoto K,Hsu SP,Yoshida K,Ikeda S,Nakazato M,Shiomi K,Cheng SY,Furihata K,Ueno I,Yanagisawa N

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children presented at birth with axial hypotonia and symmetrical flaccid paresis limited to the upper extremities, and involving proximal and distal muscle groups. At birth, palmar flexion creases were poorly developed, and the hand muscles were atrophic. These clinical features, the muscle biopsy findings, and ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Darwish H,Sarnat H,Archer C,Brownell K,Kotagal S

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We sought to determine whether electrical impedance myography (EIM) could serve as a diagnostic procedure for evaluation of radiculopathy. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients with clinically and radiologically diagnosed cervical or lumbosacral radiculopathy who met a "gold standard" definition underwent EIM and...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Spieker AJ,Narayanaswami P,Fleming L,Keel JC,Muzin SC,Rutkove SB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier studies have shown that prior denervation of muscle prevents myotonia induced by 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) both in vivo and in vitro. This work studied the effect of reinnervation on 2,4-D myotonia. Twenty Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with 2,4-D at specific intervals following unilateral sci...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Al-Sulaiman A,Al-Rajeh S,Iyer V

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor unit action potentials (MUAPs) evoked by repetitive, low-intensity transcranial magnetic stimulation can be modeled as a Poisson process. A mathematical consequence of such a model is that the ratio of the variance to the mean of the amplitudes of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) should provide an estimate of the ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kaelin-Lang A,Conforto AB,Z'Graggen W,Hess CW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The F-wave was used to estimate motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) along the proximal segment of the fastest axons of the deep peroneal nerve (anterior-horn cells to knee) in 13 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and in 21 age- and sex-matched control subjects. Measurements were based on the shortes...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Argyropoulos CJ,Panayiotopoulos CP,Scarpalezos S

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) causes significant morbidity and impairment in critically ill patients. Recent advances in neuromuscular ultrasound (NMUS) allow evaluation of neuromuscular pathology early in critical illness. Here we review application of ultrasound in ICU-AW. MEDLINE-indexed articles w...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bunnell A,Ney J,Gellhorn A,Hough CL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) often imposes diagnostic problems. Recently, MRI and high-resolution ultrasound (HRUS) have proven useful in diagnosing peripheral nerve disorders. METHODS:We performed a chart and imaging review of patients who were examined using neuroimaging and who were referred because of cl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lieba-Samal D,Jengojan S,Kasprian G,Wöber C,Bodner G

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound (US) technique was applied to measure the thickness, cross-sectional area (CSA), and internal structure of the quadriceps muscle in 70- to 80-year-old endurance and power athletes and untrained men. Isometric knee extension strength was higher in the power athletes than in the other groups. The mean values ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sipilä S,Suominen H

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Muscle weakness and functional disability have not been evaluated in a population-based study of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). METHODS:All patients with MG in a well-defined catchment area were identified in the Danish National Patient Registry. Of the 175 eligible patients, 90 participated and we...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Vinge L,Jakobsen J,Andersen H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:While current exercise guidelines recommend progressive, high-intensity resistance training (RT) to promote muscle hypertrophy and strength gains, controversy exists regarding the efficacy of lighter-load RT. We compared 2 work-matched RT interventions that differed in training intensity. METHODS:Fifteen ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alegre LM,Aguado X,Rojas-Martín D,Martín-García M,Ara I,Csapo R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has an effect on isometric muscle force elicited by maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) and the ability to activate a muscle voluntarily (VA, as a percentage of full muscle activation), a twitch-interpolation technique was applied on the quadriceps femori...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Urbach D,Awiszus F

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on five patients who presented with unilateral or bilateral hypoplasia of the thenar eminence. X rays of the affected limbs showed varying degrees of malformation and underdevelopment of the thumb phalanges and first metacarpal bone, and of the carpal bones at the base of the thumb, indicating a developmenta...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cavanagh NP,Yates DA,Sutcliffe J

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of motor innervation and muscle tension in the posthatching maturation of the slow-tonic anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle of the chicken has been investigated. Modification of the muscle tension was obtained either by maintaining ALD in a shortened state or by stretching, after or without denervation. I...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gardahaut MF,Rouaud TP,Renaud D,Khaskiye A,Le Douarin GH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle-fiber loss is a characteristic of many progressive neuromuscular disorders. Over the past decade, identification of a growing number of apoptosis-associated factors and events in pathological skeletal muscle provided increasing evidence that apoptotic cell-death mechanisms account significantly for muscle-fiber...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tews DS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise intolerance with myalgia, muscle stiffness, and recurrent rhabdomyolysis due to mutations in the DMD gene can mimic metabolic myopathies leading to delayed or inaccurate diagnoses. In this retrospective chart review, we report 3 unrelated boys with exertional myalgia, muscle stiffness, myoglobinuria, and norm...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Veerapandiyan A,Shashi V,Jiang YH,Gallentine WB,Schoch K,Smith EC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of a 12-week progressive resistance strength training program in weakened muscles of 5 patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM). Strength was evaluated with Medical Research Council (MRC) scale ratings and quantitative isometric and dynamic tests. Changes in serum creatine kinase (CK...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Spector SA,Lemmer JT,Koffman BM,Fleisher TA,Feuerstein IM,Hurley BF,Dalakas MC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) evoked by magnetic brain stimuli are larger if the subject provides a steady background voluntary contraction of the target muscle. This facilitation could be due either to cortical or spinal mechanisms, or both. Both magnetic and electrical stimuli given immediately after the...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mills KR,Kimiskidis V

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural, biochemical, and electrophysiological analyses were done on 12-14-month-old mice deficient for myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) to further characterize the neuropathy that develops as they age. Electron microscopy demonstrated normal myelin compaction and axonal degeneration in a large number of m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weiss MD,Luciano CA,Quarles RH

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of chronic distal sensorimotor neuropathy are described in patients with neurofibromatosis. One had type 2 or central neurofibromatosis with a chromosome 22 deletion; the precise form of the disease was not established in the other two. A striking clinical feature was a diffuse nodular enlargement of the p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thomas PK,King RH,Chiang TR,Scaravilli F,Sharma AK,Downie AW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Because paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) induces a catabolic hormone profile, we sought to evaluate the morphology of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle and testosterone and corticosterone levels of paradoxical sleep-deprived rats. METHODS:Three study groups of rats were established: the first group was...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dattilo M,Antunes HK,Medeiros A,Mônico-Neto M,Souza Hde S,Lee KS,Tufik S,de Mello MT

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The motor end-plate fine structure and distribution of junctional acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) were studied. Morphometric analysis was carried out in 74 end-plates (92 innervated and 47 denuded postsynaptic regions) from 10 patients with ALS. AChR was studied by ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tsujihata M,Hazama R,Yoshimura T,Satoh A,Mori M,Nagataki S

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00