Diagnostic value of nerve biopsy for atypical chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: evaluation of eight cases.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Herein we present an exploratory study of orofacial function in children with congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) vs. healthy controls. METHODS:We evaluated 41 children with CDM and 29 healthy controls for speech and swallow function and for lingual and labial strength. RESULTS:The Iowa Oral Performance ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Berggren KN,Hung M,Dixon MM,Bounsanga J,Crockett B,Foye MD,Gu Y,Campbell C,Butterfield RJ,Johnson NE

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Moberg Pick-Up Test is a standardized test for assessing hand dexterity. Although reduction of sensation in the hand occurs with aging, the effect of age on a subject's performance of the Moberg Pick-Up Test has not been examined. The primary goal of this study was to examine the impact of aging and, secondarily, ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Amirjani N,Ashworth NL,Gordon T,Edwards DC,Chan KM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Muscle changes in patients with diabetes and lower leg pain due to chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) were investigated before and after fasciotomy. METHODS:The tibialis anterior muscle was analyzed with histochemical and morphological techniques in 7 patients with diabetes and CECS before fas...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Edmundsson DS,Toolanen GL,Stål PS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We studied the functional effects of combined strength and aerobic anti-gravity training in severely affected patients with Becker and Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophies. METHODS:Eight patients performed 10-week progressive combined strength (squats, calf raises, lunges) and aerobic (walk/run, jogging in pl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jensen BR,Berthelsen MP,Husu E,Christensen SB,Prahm KP,Vissing J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamins are the principal components of the nuclear lamina, a network constituting the major structural framework of the nuclear envelope. Alterations in lamin A/C have been associated with a heterogeneous series of human disorders known as laminopathies. We report the finding of a novel deletion in the central rod dom...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Maioli MA,Marrosu G,Mateddu A,Solla E,Carboni N,Tacconi P,Lai C,Marrosu MG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is an emerging non-invasive, highly reproducible electrophysiological technique that objectively characterizes muscle structure and composition by measuring bioimpedance. We assessed the ability of EIM ability to discriminate 2 forms of congenital muscular dystrophy (CM...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schwartz DP,Dastgir J,Salman A,Lear B,Bönnemann CG,Lehky TJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare disorder that can present with muscle symptoms that mimic other neuromuscular diseases. METHODS:We report the case of a 43-year-old woman with chronic muscle aches, tightness, and stiffness with hypertrophied, well-defined muscles despite physical inactivity, and thic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Whitlock JB,Dimberg EL,Selcen D,Rubin DI

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Although the effect of low temperature on the peripheral nervous system has been systematically studied, the effect of high temperature has not. We investigated the effect of elevating limb temperature from 32 degrees C to 42 degrees C by performing sequential motor studies, antidromic sensory studies, and 3-Hz repeti...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rutkove SB,Kothari MJ,Shefner JM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three well-characterized antimyosin heavy chain monoclonal antibodies (McAbs) were used as immunocytochemical reagents to study myosin isoform expression in relationship to adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) defined fiber types in human muscle. The biopsy specimens were from patients with neurogenic muscle disease whos...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sawchak JA,Lewis S,Shafiq SA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrodiagnostic findings of fibrillations and positive sharp waves in the lumbosacral paraspinals in patients without previous back surgery has been generally considered to be abnormal, consistent with posterior rami denervation. In some cases, it is the only abnormality on the electromyographic examination. This st...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Date ES,Mar EY,Bugola MR,Teraoka JK

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although formal spirometry is the gold standard for monitoring respiratory function in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), such testing is often delayed or unavailable. There is a need for a simple bedside test that can accurately measure respiratory function. METHODS:We conducted a prospective, cross-s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Elsheikh B,Arnold WD,Gharibshahi S,Reynolds J,Freimer M,Kissel JT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In mitochondrial disease, it is likely that energy substrate depletion leads to paralysis of ATPase-dependent pumps, resulting in membrane depolarization. Axonal depolarization has been demonstrated in a crisis, but not in the resting state. We, therefore, stressed axons using ischemia to see if this would...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ng K,Kumar KR,Sue C,Burke D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with neurogenic disorders, polymyositis, or muscular dystrophies were assessed clinically and by CT imaging of limb, limb girdle, and trunk muscles, using a standard protocol. On each side of these patients 26 movements were graded by the MRC scale, and 20 muscles were assessed by CT imaging. The clini...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Swash M,Brown MM,Thakkar C

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured distal sympathetic and vagal function in 73 consecutive patients with diabetic neuropathy seen at the Mayo Autonomic Reflex Laboratory. Postganglionic sympathetic failure measured proximally within the foot occurred as commonly as vagal failure (58% and 55%, respectively) and occurred much more frequently ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Low PA,Zimmerman BR,Dyck PJ

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise intolerance and undue fatigue are common complaints in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. Reduced physical ability is due directly to the disease, but it is also due to physical deconditioning. The aim of this study was to test whether 24 weeks of interval-training exercise (ITE) cycling can sig...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： El Mhandi L,Millet GY,Calmels P,Richard A,Oullion R,Gautheron V,Féasson L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old man with essential cryoglobulinemia presented with an axonal neuropathy and was found to have vasculitis at nerve biopsy. After 44 months, in accord with clinical deterioration, motor conduction studies showed excessive temporal dispersion multifocally, with partial conduction block persisting for 3 year...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Notturno F,Caporale CM,Di Muzio A,Uncini A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating neurologic disorder with poor survival rates and no clear biomarkers for disease diagnosis and prognosis. METHODS:We compared serum microRNA (miRNA) expression from patients with ALS with healthy controls and patients with multiple sclerosis and Alzhei...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Raheja R,Regev K,Healy BC,Mazzola MA,Beynon V,Von Glehn F,Paul A,Diaz-Cruz C,Gholipour T,Glanz BI,Kivisakk P,Chitnis T,Weiner HL,Berry JD,Gandhi R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using poststimulus time histograms, it has been reported that stimulation of the median nerve at the elbow produces a monosynaptic EPSP in voluntarily active single motoneurons of the human biceps brachii. The present study was undertaken to: (i) determine whether such stimulation could evoke a reproducible reflex res...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miller TA,Mogyoros I,Burke D

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial beta-galactosidase cDNA was injected without lipofectin into 41 sites in dog muscle and expression was seen in 22 of them. The cDNA and lipofectin was injected into 35 similar sites and expression was seen in 21. Expression was seen in a maximum of 2.5% of muscle fibers and 23.21% of nonmuscle cells. A total...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Howell JM,Fletcher S,O'Hara A,Johnsen RD,Lloyd F,Kakulas BA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis underwent detailed electromyographic evaluation. The paraspinal muscles of all patients were examined, as were several extremity muscles. The distribution of fibrillation potentials (FPs) in different muscles is discussed. FPs were most frequent in paraspinal muscles...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Streib EW,Wilbourn AJ,Mitsumoto H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes) have an A-->G mutation at nucleotide 3243 in mitochondrial transfer (t)RNA. To date there have only been 10 reported cases of MELAS syndrome in patients with a T-->C mutation at position 3271...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tarnopolsky MA,Maguire J,Myint T,Applegarth D,Robinson BH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The site of the recording electrode influences the amplitude of the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) and its variation over a length of nerve. The effects of large electrodes on this source of intraindividual variability were assessed. Right median nerves of 20 healthy subjects were studied, and recordings made...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： van Dijk JG,Tjon-a-Tsien A,van der Kamp W

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of an abnormal median-normal sural (AMNS) sensory response is associated with acute and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP and CIDP) and considered unusual in other types of neuropathy, although specificity and sensitivity of this pattern have not been evaluated. We compared se...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bromberg MB,Albers JW

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a young woman with typical neurovascular symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). A three-dimensional computerized scan showed a "dislocation" of the first rib at the costotransverse joint. The patient responded to a conservative approach to treatment. The patient presented here demonstrates the functio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lindgren KA,Manninen H,Rytkönen H

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Previous studies have reported higher wrist ratios (WR) related to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) but have not assessed effect modification by obesity and may have inadequately controlled for confounders. METHODS:Baseline data of a multicenter prospective cohort study were analyzed. CTS was defined by nerve...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thiese MS,Merryweather A,Koric A,Ott U,Wood EM,Kapellusch J,Foster J,Garg A,Deckow-Schaefer G,Tomich S,Kendall R,Drury DL,Wertsch J,Hegmann KT,Wistah Study Team.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii encysts in skeletal muscle. Although only rarely found at muscle biopsy, this parasite has previously been regarded as a possible cause of polymyositis. We report a case of biopsy-proven toxoplasmic myositis in a non-HIV-infected patient that led to recognition of idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL)...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Plonquet A,Bassez G,Authier FJ,Dray JM,Farcet JP,Gherardi RK

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data suggest that prolonged exposure to cyclic lumbar flexion elicits a chronic neuromuscular disorder and disability in workers. This study provides a physiological and biomechanical assessment of various repetitions of cyclic lumbar flexion sessions as a risk factor for development of an acute neurom...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Navar D,Zhou BH,Lu Y,Solomonow M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although serum creatine kinase (CK) levels are frequently modestly elevated in patients with hypothyroid myopathy, elevations in serum CK to the levels usually seen in inflammatory myopathies or dystrophies are rare. We report a patient with progressive proximal weakness and a serum CK level of over 29,000 IU/L, in wh...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Scott KR,Simmons Z,Boyer PJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Immune-mediated myopathies are a heterogeneous group of chronic autoimmune disorders. Autoantibodies associated with this disease complex are classified into myositis-associated and myositis-specific. Anti-tRNA synthetase antibodies are the most well known of the myositis-specific antibodies. Previous repo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mehndiratta P,Mehta S,Manjila SV,Kammer GM,Cohen ML,Preston DC

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00