High-repetition cyclic loading is a risk factor for a lumbar disorder.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite the existence of guidelines, painful neuropathy is often inappropriately treated. We sought to determine the effectiveness of a clinical decision support system on guideline-recommended medication use. METHODS:We randomized neurology providers, stratified by subspecialty, to a best practice alert ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Reynolds EL,Burke JF,Banerjee M,Callaghan BC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle involvement can occur at all stages of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and may represent the first manifestation of the disease. Myopathies in HIV-infected patients are classified as follows: (1) HIV-associated myopathies and related conditions, including HIV polymyositis, inclusion-body ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Authier FJ,Chariot P,Gherardi RK

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During postnatal development of extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle, sodium withdrawal contractures were observed during the first 6 days after birth, and not after this time. In regenerating EDL muscles, zero-Na contractures were demonstrated: (1) 7 days after bupivacaine injection, but not 14 or 90 days after thi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Louboutin JP,Noireaud J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), present in high concentrations in the mammalian spinal cord, exerts excitatory effects on the alpha-motorneuron (AMN) via axodendritic contacts. We used the neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) to deplete TRH from the ventral horn of the spinal cord of adult rats to determi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Van den Bergh P,Kelly JJ Jr,Adelman L,Munsat TL,Jackson IM,Lechan RM

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Measurement precision and accuracy of spinal reflexes plays an essential role in the clinical neurological examination. Reflexes are conventionally assessed either electromyographically or with rating scales. In this study we compared objective kinematic T-reflex and subjective assessments of patellar refl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dafkin C,Green A,Kerr S,Veliotes D,McKinon W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) generally presents sporadically. Epidemics of GBS are unusual. We reviewed the medical records of 26 patients hospitalized for GBS during the 2007 GBS epidemic in northeast China. The objective was to determine whether there were clinical and electrophysiological characteristics. All pati...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ye Y,Zhu D,Wang K,Wu J,Feng J,Ma D,Xing Y,Jiang X

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological studies were performed on the ventral tail nerve of adult rats following intraperitoneal injection of a crude extract of ciguatoxin from known toxic fish flesh. Ciguatoxin induced significant slowing of both mixed and motor nerve conduction velocities and also significant reductions in both motor ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cameron J,Flowers AE,Capra MF

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the gene expression of proteins related to myostatin (MSTN) signaling during skeletal muscle longitudinal growth. To promote muscle growth, Wistar male rats were submitted to a stretching protocol for different durations (12, 24, 48, and 96 hours). Following this protocol, soleus weight a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Aoki MS,Soares AG,Miyabara EH,Baptista IL,Moriscot AS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) metabolism was studied in muscle from juvenile and adult dogs with congenital myasthenia gravis (CMG) and their unaffected littermates. Although the amount of AChR in the junctional region of innervated CMG muscle fibers was 25% of normal, or less, denervation of CMG fibers resulted in th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oda K,Lennon VA,Lambert EH,Palmer AC

更新日期：1984-11-01 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：:Five members of the same family, along three generations, presented with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Neurological examination, muscle strength, electromyography, and serum creatine kinase were normal. Skeletal muscle biopsy showed abnormal lipid accumulation and carnitine deficiency. In three patients the cardiac sym...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bautista J,Rafel E,Martinez A,Sainz I,Herrera J,Segura L,Chinchon I

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anecdotal reports from families and care providers suggest a wide variation in services received by individuals with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DBMD). METHODS:We documented the type and frequency of health services received by individuals with DBMD using the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Tracki...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pandya SK,Campbell KA,Andrews JG,Meaney FJ,Ciafaloni E

更新日期：2016-02-01 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:This study compares the acute and chronic response of high-load resistance training (HL) to low-load resistance training with low blood flow restriction (LL-BFR) pressure. METHODS:Participants completed elbow flexion with either HL or LL-BFR or nonexercise. In the chronic study, participants in the HL and...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kim D,Loenneke JP,Ye X,Bemben DA,Beck TW,Larson RD,Bemben MG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An appreciation of the comparative functions of the corticospinal tract is of direct relevance to the understanding of how results from animal models can advance knowledge of the human motor system and its disorders. Two critical functions of the corticospinal tract are discussed: first, the role of descending project...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lemon RN,Griffiths J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left spinal accessory nerve palsy occurred in a young man when he quickly turned his head to the right while his shoulders were pulled down by heavy hand-held objects. Electrophysiologic studies demonstrated partial axonotmesis of the spinal accessory nerve branches innervating the sternocleidomastoid and upper and mi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Logigian EL,McInnes JM,Berger AR,Busis NA,Lehrich JR,Shahani BT

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is a useful tool in the treatment of a variety of neuromuscular disorders. Though IVIg therapy is generally safe, hemolytic anemia is a potentially serious complication that is often overlooked, and is currently not listed in product inserts. We analyzed 45 patients who received IVIg ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wilson JR,Bhoopalam H,Fisher M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to define normal ranges of histological features in pediatric muscle in comparison with muscle demonstrating inflammatory changes. Sixteen pediatric muscle biopsy samples, considered normal by standard histology, were analyzed for the presence of inflammatory cells, and the expression of neon...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Varsani H,Newton KR,Li CK,Harding B,Holton JL,Wedderburn LR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) were studied in the diaphragm of early postnatal rats, using radiometric determination of enzyme activities, velocity sedimentation for separation of molecular forms, and electron microscopic cytochemistry to localize enzymes. AChE activity did not change s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Brzin M,Sketelj J,Tennyson VM,Kiauta T,Budininkas-Schoenebeck M

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have suggested the presence of central nervous system involvement manifesting as cognitive impairment in diseases traditionally confined to the peripheral nervous system. The aim of this review is to highlight the character of clinical, genetic, neurofunctional, cognitive, and psychiatric deficits in n...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： D'Angelo MG,Bresolin N

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) was conducted on familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) patients and asymptomatic carriers of FAP. Vasoconstrictive responses in the 11 FAP patients tested, induced by deep inspiration, were markedly depressed compared with those of the healthy controls. The responses decreased with th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ando Y,Araki S,Shimoda O,Kano T

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We adopted a proteomics-based approach to gain insights into phenotypic differences between A/J and B10.SJL murine dysferlinopathy models. METHODS:We optimized immunoblotting of dysferlin by preparing homogenates of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle under several different conditions. We compared TA muscl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mueller AL,Desmond PF,Hsia RC,Roche JA

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The frequency of a recently described point mutation of the ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) gene was investigated in a population of 154 German patients with motor neuron disease (MND). Twenty-two percent of the patients were heterozygous, 2% homozygous for the CNTF mutation. Since the gene defect is per se not lin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Giess R,Goetz R,Schrank B,Ochs G,Sendtner M,Toyka K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experience and review of the literature reveal that Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is an important, poorly recognized cause of peripheral neuropathy. Several forms of peripheral nerve dysfunction occur in SS including trigeminal sensory neuropathy, mononeuropathy multiplex, distal sensory neuropathy, distal sensorimotor ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kaplan JG,Rosenberg R,Reinitz E,Buchbinder S,Schaumburg HH

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：: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：:Cytoplasmic body myopathy (CBM) is characterized by proteinaceous inclusion bodies in muscle tissue. A 43-year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive weakness and dysphagia. Electromyography (EMG) elsewhere demonstrated lower-limb chronic partial denervation. Muscle biopsy showed fiber size variation without dia...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Krishnan AV,Pamphlett R,Burke D,Wills EJ,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutual links between muscle pain and resting electromyographic (EMG) activity are still controversial. This study described effects of experimental muscle pain on resting EMG activity in a jaw-closing muscle and a leg muscle. Pain was induced by injections of hypertonic saline into the muscles in 10 subjects. Inje...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Svensson P,Graven-Nielsen T,Matre D,Arendt-Nielsen L

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal entrapment of the ulnar nerve occurs most frequently in the region of the elbow, at the ulnar groove or beneath the humeroulnar aponeurosis. Surgical treatment commonly involves transposition of the nerve anterior to the medial epicondyle, in the antecubital fossa. Symptoms may recur after surgery, and, to asses...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Matei CI,Logigian EL,Shefner JM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00