Use of a catchlike property of human skeletal muscle to reduce fatigue.

abstract：:We propose a comprehensive model of spastic hypertonia based on clinical neurophysiology and validated using experimental data obtained from the pendulum test of the leg in 8 healthy volunteers and 15 spastic patients. This nonlinear computational model includes mechanical parameters and a stretch reflex representatio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Le Cavorzin P,Poudens SA,Chagneau F,Carrault G,Allain H,Rochcongar P

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hand-held dynamometry (HHD) is commonly used to measure ankle plantarflexion strength but has variable reliability measuring higher forces. Fixed HHD is suggested to improve reliability. We, therefore, compared the reliability, consistency, and accuracy of measuring plantarflexion strength. METHODS:Planta...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Davis PR,McKay MJ,Baldwin JN,Burns J,Pareyson D,Rose KJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate possible influences of suprasegmental lesions on the masseter reflex. The masseter reflex was elicited in 54 patients with supratentorial (37 patients) or cerebellar (17 patients) lesions 3-11 days after the acute onset of clinical disease. Patients showing lesions within the p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hopf HC,Hinrichs C,Stoeter P,Urban PP,Marx J,Thömke F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present three new and 14 retrospective cases of polyradiculopathy in sarcoidosis. Of these, 71% had weakness and 59% areflexia of the lower extremities, and 35% had sphincter dysfunction. Cases often were associated with central nervous system sarcoidosis. All cases involved thoracolumbar or lumbosacral roots, exce...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koffman B,Junck L,Elias SB,Feit HW,Levine SR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to clarify the morphologic variations of the Martin-Gruber anastomosis (MGA) by tracing the anastomotic fascicles. We used 102 upper limbs, and MGA was found in 39.2%. Among 12 instances of MGA between the branches innervating the flexor digitorum profundus muscle, eight anastomotic branches solely in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lee KS,Oh CS,Chung IH,Sunwoo IN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve guides seeded with Schwann cells (SCs) promote axonal regeneration in peripheral nerve lesions. We examined the applicability of bioluminescent imaging (BLI) for monitoring the fate of SCs in nerve guides after implantation. Rat SCs were transfected with the firefly luciferase (Fluc) gene and subsequently seeded...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ma MS,Van Dam G,Meek M,Boddeke E,Copray S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of extensive studies it is unclear whether impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), i.e., impaired glucose metabolism (IGM), causes diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) or chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP); the results and conclusions vary considerably in differ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dyck PJ,Dyck PJ,Klein CJ,Weigand SD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunologic syndromes are associated with hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection. However, mononeuropathy multiplex (MM), a syndrome in which immune factors may play a role, is rare in acute HBV infection. Few cases of MM associated with HBV infection have been reported. We report a case of acute HBV infection in which MM ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cohen JA,Wilborn SL,Rector WG Jr,Golitz LE

更新日期：1990-03-01 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: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：:Conduction velocity of A delta fibers of the human peripheral nerves was measured by using pain-related somatosensory evoked potentials following CO2 laser stimulation. It was found to be approximately 9 m/s in the forearm as well as in the lower leg. Because conventional conduction study using electric stimulation re...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kakigi R,Endo C,Neshige R,Kuroda Y,Shibasaki H

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with clinical vermiform motor activity, muscle cramps, delayed relaxation of grip, and continuous motor unit discharges who developed mild symmetric symptoms in the upper extremities following a viral infection. Treatment with carbamazepine produced considerable symptomatic improvement. Needle elec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tandan R,Fries TJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The distribution of clinical and neurophysiological abnormalities in patients with early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was investigated in an attempt to delineate patterns of disease spread. METHODS:Clinical and electrodiagnostic data were collected from 150 ALS patients and analyzed based on the cl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Simon NG,Lomen-Hoerth C,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New developments in the rapid diagnosis and treatment of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have led to growing enthusiasm for instituting DMD newborn screening (NBS) in the United States. Our group has been interested in developing clinical guidance to be implemented consistently in specialty care clinics ch...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kwon JM,Abdel-Hamid HZ,Al-Zaidy SA,Mendell JR,Kennedy A,Kinnett K,Cwik VA,Street N,Bolen J,Day JW,Connolly AM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electrical stimulation of denervated muscle has been shown to minimize atrophy and fibrosis and increase force in animal and human models. However, electrical stimulation after nerve repair is controversial due to questions of efficacy. METHODS:Using a rat model, we investigated the efficacy of short-term...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Willand MP,Holmes M,Bain JR,Fahnestock M,De Bruin H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed a marked prolongation of the transcranially evoked silent period during continuous intrathecal administration of high doses of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)B receptor agonist baclofen in a patient with generalized dystonia. Size of motor evoked potentials and central conduction time remained unchanged...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Siebner HR,Dressnandt J,Auer C,Conrad B

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Median neuropathies proximal to the wrist are uncommon and usually result from penetrating injuries, fracture dislocation of the distal humerus, or compression by fibrous bands. A 66-year-old man suffered a comminuted fracture of the proximal humerus after a fall. Electrodiagnostic studies revealed a severe proximal m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Veilleux M,Richardson P

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied histopathological changes in the biceps brachii muscle in relation to age and the degree of muscle weakness in 64 patients (aged 11-59 years) with myotonic dystrophy. The proportion of type 1 fibers was unaltered in the adolescent patients compared with control values, but increased with age. The average di...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tohgi H,Kawamorita A,Utsugisawa K,Yamagata M,Sano M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Valosin-containing protein (VCP) variants that affect muscle, bone, and the nervous system are termed multisystem proteinopathy. VCP myopathy is manifested as limb-girdle weakness, distal weakness and scapuloperoneal weakness. METHODS:We reviewed clinical, genetic, and muscle biopsy data from 6 members of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guo X,Zhao Z,Shen H,Qi B,Li N,Hu J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We sought to translate, culturally adapt, and assess the Arabic version of the 15-item myasthenia gravis quality-of-life revised scale (MGQOL15R). METHODS:We assessed reliability with Cronbach α; reproducibility with intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC); validity with Spearman correlations for myasthe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alanazy MH,Abuzinadah AR,Muayqil T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings in two cases of congenital myasthenia investigated by intercostal muscle biopsy are presented. The first case, a 16-year-old boy, showed reduced miniature endplate potential amplitude and normal 125I-alpha-bungarotoxin binding to postsynaptic acetylcholine receptors. Muscle biopsy and endplate ultrastruct...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lecky BR,Morgan-Hughes JA,Murray NM,Landon DN,Wray D,Prior C

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The voluntary discharge properties and axonal conduction velocity of single motor units were studied in patients with neuromuscular diseases with retained differentiation of the muscle fibers into type 1 and type 2, and in patients with late-onset hereditary distal myopathy in which muscle fibers have only intermediat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Borg J,Grimby L,Hannerz J

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion channels are complex proteins that span the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane, where they orchestrate the electrical signals necessary for normal function of the central nervous system, peripheral nerve, and both skeletal and cardiac muscle. The role of ion channel defects in the pathogenesis of numerous disorder...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kleopa KA,Barchi RL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-protein isoform expression in hereditary dystrophic chicken skeletal muscle was compared with that in normal chicken muscle during postnatal development by immunocytochemical and immunoblot methods. In the pectoralis muscle (PM) of both normal and dystrophic chicken, slow- and fast-type C-proteins were coexpressed i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Obinata T,Shinbo K

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Amyloidosis derived from transthyretin (TTR) molecules is typically caused by mutations of the TTR gene. METHODS:We describe an elderly patient with a severe length-dependent polyneuropathy that unexpectedly proved to be caused by wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis. RESULTS:The diagnosis was made by mus...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lam L,Margeta M,Layzer R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We examined the effects of pain site and intensity on function in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and chronic pain. METHODS:Questionnaires assessing pain sites, pain extent (number of sites), pain intensity, and pain interference were complet...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miró J,Gertz KJ,Carter GT,Jensen MP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously reported patient presenting sensory-dominant neuropathy with antiganglioside antibodies, bound preferentially to polysialogangliosides including GD1b, was autopsied. While axonal degeneration was predominant in the sural nerve, many demyelinated fibers were present in the spinal roots. Dorsal roots had un...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Obi T,Murakami T,Takatsu M,Kusunoki S,Serizawa M,Mizoguchi K,Koike R,Nishimura Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The probability and degree of muscle recovery after lesions of long peripheral nerves have not been assessed quantitatively. METHODS:Twelve adults with closed injuries of the fibular division of the sciatic nerve with complete denervation of associated muscles were followed-up for 2-10 years. The onset of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stefancic M,Vidmar G,Blagus R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fastest median and ulnar velocities derived by recording motor and mixed nerve action potentials, F waves, H-reflexes, and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were compared. H-reflex recording was facilitated by employing selective group Ia excitation during voluntary muscular contraction. Mixed nerve, SEP, and...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Eisen A,Hoirch M,White J,Calne D

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00