Interspike interval analysis in a patient with peripheral nerve hyperexcitability and potassium channel antibodies.

abstract：:Both high and low body mass index (BMI) have been reported as risk factors for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE), and a high BMI as a risk factor for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). To determine whether the extremes of BMI are risk factors for UNE or CTS, and whether BMI affects calculation of median and ulnar motor n...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Landau ME,Barner KC,Campbell WW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Stroke-related changes in maximal dynamic hip flexor muscle fatigability may be more relevant functionally than isometric hip flexor fatigability. METHODS:Ten chronic stroke survivors performed 5 sets of 30 hip flexion maximal dynamic voluntary contractions (MDVC). A maximal isometric voluntary contractio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuhnen HR,Rybar MM,Onushko T,Doyel RE,Hunter SK,Schmit BD,Hyngstrom AS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound has been used for visualizing peripheral nerve pathology. Our goal was to use ultrasound to quantitate the sizes of upper extremity nerves along their length in control subjects and patients with neuropathy. We measured median and ulnar nerve cross-sectional areas (NCSA) in the arms of 190 subjects, includi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zaidman CM,Al-Lozi M,Pestronk A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three patients with inflammatory myopathy who presented clinically with weakness and wasting of only one limb. The myopathy progressed over 6 months and 5 years, respectively, in two patients and was stable after 8 years in the third patient. One patient had a skin rash. Serum CK was elevated in the two pati...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lederman RJ,Salanga VD,Wilbourn AJ,Hanson MR,Dudley AW Jr

更新日期：1984-02-01 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：:A new approach to the quantification of fiber type grouping is presented, in which the distribution of histochemical type in a muscle cross section is regarded as a realization of a binary Markov random field (BMRF). Methods for the estimation of the parameters of this model are discussed. The first order BMRF, which ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Venema HW

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We aimed to investigate whether sonographic peripheral cross-sectional nerve area (CSA) and progranulin (PGRN), a neuritic growth factor, are related to each other and whether they interact to predict clinical and paraclinical measures in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:We included 55 ALS pat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schreiber S,Debska-Vielhaber G,Abdulla S,Machts J,Schreiber F,Kropf S,KÖrtvelyessy P,KÖrner S,Kollewe K,Petri S,Dengler R,Kunz WS,Nestor PJ,Vielhaber S

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:The goals of this study were to determine whether serum concentrations of endocannabinoids (eCB) and related lipids predict disease status in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) relative to healthy controls, and whether concentrations correlate with disease duration and severity. METHODS:Serum...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carter GT,McLaughlin RJ,Cuttler C,Sauber GJ,Weeks DL,Hillard CJ,Weiss MD

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle-derived neurotrophins are thought to contribute to the adaptation of skeletal muscle to exercise, but the effects of brief exercise interventions on BDNF, NT-4/5, and trkB are not understood. RNA was extracted for RT-PCR from soleus and medial gastrocnemius of Sprague-Dawley rats exercised on a treadmill at spe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ogborn DI,Gardiner PF

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) occurs when symptoms of myotonic dystrophy present at birth. In this study we evaluated the relationship between physical function, muscle mass, and age to provide an assessment of the disease and help prepare for therapeutic trials. METHODS:CDM participants performed t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pucillo EM,Dibella DL,Hung M,Bounsanga J,Crockett B,Dixon M,Butterfield RJ,Campbell C,Johnson NE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new combined stain for the simultaneous demonstration of motor nerve terminals and cholinesterase at neuromuscular junctions is described. It employs bromoindoxyl acetate dye-staining for cholinesterase and silver-gold impregnation for nerve terminals. The clarity and reliability of the stain permit quantitative mea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pestronk A,Drachman DB

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Doppler ultrasonography (DU) has recently been shown to be useful in imaging carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). In this study, we aim to characterize the changes seen after exercise and electrical stimulation. METHODS:Five patients with CTS were recruited with 5 age-matched subjects. DU was used to visualize t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ng ES,Ng KW,Wilder-Smith EP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density multichannel electromyography (EMG) recordings add spatial information to the temporal information content of the surface EMG (sEMG) signal. This study explores the potential value of such multichannel information at a single motor unit level, in particular for the improvement of motor unit number estimat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Blok JH,Van Dijk JP,Zwarts MJ,Stegeman DF

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To delineate change in median nerve size in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), we compared ultrasonograms of nerve cross-sections from patients (201 wrists of 125 women with idiopathic CTS) and controls (200 dominant wrists of 200 women). Major and minor axes, cross-sectional area, and the flattening ratio (major axis/mino...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nakamichi KI,Tachibana S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial distribution of motor endplates affects the shape of the electrical activity recorded from muscle. In order to provide information for realistic models of action potential propagation within muscles, we assembled three-dimensional maps of the motor endplates of the rat medial gastrocnemius (MGM) and lateral ga...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Prodanov D,Thil MA,Marani E,Delbeke J,Holsheimer J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mutations in gap junction protein beta 1 (GJB1) on the X chromosome represent one of the most common causes of hereditary neuropathy. We assessed manifestations associated with a rare 3' untranslated region mutation (UTR) of GJB1 in a large family with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX). METHODS:...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chen DH,Ma M,Scavina M,Blue E,Wolff J,Karna P,Dorschner MO,Raskind WH,Bird TD

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although paraspinal muscle fibrillations and positive sharp waves (PSWs) are used to help identify neuromuscular disorders, the frequency of these abnormalities in normal subjects is uncertain. We performed lumbosacral paraspinal electromyography in 65 normal subjects. Twenty-seven (42%) had fibrillations and/or PSWs,...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nardin RA,Raynor EM,Rutkove SB

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated thalidomide-induced neuropathy using electrodiagnostic studies. Sixty-seven men with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer in an open-label trial of oral thalidomide underwent neurologic examinations and nerve conduction studies (NCS) prior to and at 3-month intervals during treatm...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Molloy FM,Floeter MK,Syed NA,Sandbrink F,Culcea E,Steinberg SM,Dahut W,Pluda J,Kruger EA,Reed E,Figg WD

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Symptoms often return in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) who are treated with a local corticosteroid injection. We aimed to determine prognostic factors for a successful long-term outcome. METHODS:We prospectively followed 113 patients who received an injection for CTS. Clinical, electrophysiol...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Meys V,Thissen S,Rozeman S,Beekman R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reported a large study of 93 children presenting a severe form of progressive muscular dystrophy. The first clinical symptoms were noticed between 3 to 12 years. The atrophy affects, predominantly, the girdle and truncal muscles. The hypertrophy of the calves is almost consistent. The progression of the di...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ben Hamida M,Fardeau M,Attia N

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Premotor potentials (PMPs) precede compound muscle action potentials evoked from the second lumbrical muscle after median nerve stimulation. Although PMP has been identified as a median sensory nerve action potential, few reports have documented the significance of PMP parameters for diagnosing carpal tunn...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kodama M,Sasao Y,Tochikura M,Kasahara T,Koyama Y,Aono K,Fujii C,Hanayama K,Takahashi O,Kobayashi Y,Masakado Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study was undertaken to describe a method for quantifying vibration when using a conventional tuning fork (CTF) in comparison to a Rydel-Seiffer tuning fork (RSTF) and to provide reference values. METHODS:Vibration thresholds at index finger and big toe were obtained in 281 participants. Spearman's c...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alanazy MH,Alfurayh NA,Almweisheer SN,Aljafen BN,Muayqil T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether Schwann cell or myelin was the principal antigen responsible for nerve graft rejection, fresh nerve grafts and those in which myelin had been previously allowed to degenerate (predegenerate grafts) from both isogeneic BALB/c and allogeneic C57/B1 mice were inserted into trembler BALB/c ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pollard JD,McLeod JG

更新日期：1981-07-01 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：:Sera of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) contain anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) IgG antibodies (Ab) which have different antigenic specificities. Three Ab types were detected: (1) MG-I, which forms immune complexes with AChR; (2) MG-C, which decreases binding of AChR to concanavalin A; and MG-B, which blocks a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mittag T,Massa T,Kornfeld P,Papatestas A,Bender A,Genkins G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superimposed electrical stimulation techniques can be used to detect central activation failure (CAF), that is, incomplete central nervous system recruitment or suboptimal activation of motor units. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of two stimulation parameters on perceived discomfort and torque i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miller M,Downham D,Lexell J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory reflex responses to electrical stimulation of the mental nerve were studied in recordings from single motor units (SMU) in the human masseter muscle. A new analytical technique for spike train data was used. Electrical stimuli were delivered to the mental nerve when the SMU fired with two consecutive inter-...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Graven-Nielsen T,Svensson P,McMillan AS,Arendt-Nielsen L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who experienced progressive diplopia and distal weakness of the upper limbs. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed extensive white matter lesions and analysis of cerebrospinal fluid revealed acute human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection. Myasthenia gravis (MG) was evidenced by...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lalive PH,Allali G,Truffert A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatine kinase (CK) activity, calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) contents of skeletal muscle and isolated mitochondria, as well as oxidative phosphorylation of X-linked muscular dystrophic (mdx) mice were compared with normal control animals at ages 5, 10, and 23 weeks. Serum CK is elevated in mdx mice at all ages...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Glesby MJ,Rosenmann E,Nylen EG,Wrogemann K

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00