Somatosensory evoked potential monitoring of the brachial plexus during a Woodward procedure for correction of Sprengel's deformity.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Glucocorticosteroids (GC) are effective in slowing weakness in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). METHODS:This is a multisite, 1-year, open-label trial of twice-weekly prednisolone (5 mg/kg/dose) in infants/young boys (0.4-2.4 years) with DMD. We compared changes in Bayley III Scales of Infant D...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Connolly AM,Zaidman CM,Golumbek PT,Cradock MM,Flanigan KM,Kuntz NL,Finkel RS,McDonald CM,Iannaccone ST,Anand P,Siener CA,Florence JM,Lowes LP,Alfano LN,Johnson LB,Nicorici A,Nelson LL,Mendell JR,MDA DMD Clinical Resea

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piriformis syndrome (PS) is a rare condition characterized by pain and paresthesia of the buttock, often radiating to the posterior thigh. A patient with sciatica that was clinically suspicious for PS, underwent diagnostic work-up. A diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with neurolymphomatosis (NL) was made. To ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ye BS,Sunwoo IN,Suh BC,Park JP,Shim DS,Kim SM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A randomized trial demonstrated benefit from thymectomy in nonthymomatous acetylcholine receptor (AChR)-antibody positive myasthenia gravis (MG). Uncontrolled observational and histologic studies suggest thymectomy may not be efficacious in anti-muscle-specific kinase (MuSK)-MG. METHODS:The therapeutic im...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Clifford KM,Hobson-Webb LD,Benatar M,Burns TM,Barnett C,Silvestri NJ,Howard JF Jr,Visser A,Crum BA,Nowak R,Beekman R,Kumar A,Ruzhansky K,Chen IA,Pulley MT,Laboy SM,Fellman MA,Howard DB,Kolb NA,Greene SM,Pasnoor M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report electrophysiological findings of conduction along peripheral sensory fibers in 64 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Distribution of the values of action potential amplitudes and conduction velocities of peripheral afferent fibers were significantly lower than in normal age-matched controls. Sensor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mondelli M,Rossi A,Passero S,Guazzi GC

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain normative muscle morphology data on a healthy population recruited from a population survey, we examined vastus lateralis biopsies from 58 men and 33 women, aged 26-67 years. Biopsies were measured with automated, computer-aided techniques. Data were analyzed according to gender and age, and the influence of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Toft I,Lindal S,Bønaa KH,Jenssen T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:When treating ocular myasthenia gravis (MG), the risk/benefit profile of corticosteroids is unclear, and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are not very effective. We examined the efficacy of topical naphazoline in the treatment of myasthenic blepharoptosis. METHODS:Sixty MG patients with blepharoptosis (32 ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nagane Y,Utsugisawa K,Suzuki S,Masuda M,Shimizu Y,Utsumi H,Uchiyama S,Suzuki N

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapid and accessible methods for diagnosing diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) have been developed, but not validated, in large cohorts of people with diabetes. METHODS:The performance of a point-of-care device (POCD) was studied in 168 patients with type 2 diabetes, estimating the sensitivity, specificity, po...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kural MA,Andersen ST,Andersen NT,Andersen H,Charles M,Finnerup NB,Jensen TS,Tankisi H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of normal muscle precursor cells (mpc) for treatment for inherited myopathies such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy is in clear need of improvement to become practicable, but few variables have been studied comparatively. Here, we report the first quantitative estimate of the effectiveness of implanting mpc...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Morgan JE,Fletcher RM,Partridge TA

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:We compared the compound motor action potentials (CMAPs) evoked in the biceps, triceps, and abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles by conventional electrical stimulation at Erb's point (EP), and by magnetic coil stimulation of the supraclavicular region in 11 normal subjects. We found that magnetic coil stimulation was ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cros D,Gominak S,Shahani B,Fang J,Day B

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle makes up the largest tissue volume of the body, yet its size makes muscle-specific therapy difficult. This becomes particularly relevant when approaches to gene therapy for inherited myopathies are evaluated. Thus, a mechanism to target constructs or pharmaceuticals to muscle following intravenous injection wou...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Samoylova TI,Smith BF

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since peripheral nerve has a large ischemic safety factor, hypothermia, by reducing metabolic demands, is potentially an efficacious technique to rescue nerve from ischemic fiber degeneration (IFD). We therefore evaluated the influence of temperature on the severity of IFD resulting from a standard ischemic stress. Is...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kihara M,Schmelzer JD,Kihara Y,Smithson IL,Low PA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated interrater reliability of overall assessment of nerve root lesions by electrodiagnostic testing (EDX) in neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP). METHODS:Two blinded, board-certified reviewers retrospectively reviewed de-identified EDX data from 37 infants with NBPP for 2005-2012. Only nerve...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Spires MC,Brown SM,Chang KW,Leonard JA,Yang LJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Venous access for therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in myasthenia gravis (MG) can be achieved by central venous catheters (CVC) or peripheral veins (PV), and the preferred method varies among providers. We evaluated our institutional experience with TPE venous access method and complications. METHODS:We r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guptill JT,Oakley D,Kuchibhatla M,Guidon AC,Hobson-Webb LD,Massey JM,Sanders DB,Juel VC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If anti-GM1 antibody plays a role in the axonal damage in Guillain-Barré syndrome, the common entrapment sites may be preferentially involved with evidence of axonal dysfunction. To assess this hypothesis, we studied nerve conduction across the cubital tunnel in 44 patients. Abnormal amplitude reduction of compound mu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuwabara S,Mori M,Ogawara K,Mizobuchi K,Hattori T,Koga M,Yuki N

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Isoproterenol (ISO), a potent beta-adrenoreceptor agonist, was found to interfere with the development and progression of hamster hereditary polymyopathy. Cytoprotection involved both skeletal and heart muscles with reduced myofibrillar degeneration, phagocytosis, and an unusual scarring process rarely seen at this st...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jasmin G,Proschek L

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:Electrodiagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected polyneuropathy is useful for detecting and documenting peripheral abnormalities, identifying the predominant pathophysiology, and determining the prognosis for certain disorders. The electrodiagnostic classification of polyneuropathy is associated with morphologi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Donofrio PD,Albers JW

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Full-length tyrosine kinase B (TrkB.FL) and truncated TrkB (TrkB.t1) receptors are colocalized with acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) at the neuromuscular junction. We have recently shown that reduced TrkB expression leads to age-related alterations in AChR structure, neurotransmission failure, and muscle we...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Personius KE,Parker SD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we investigated the influence of gender and obesity on electrical current thresholds in an attempt to optimize the application of skeletal muscle electrical stimulation (ES) in clinical practice. METHODS:Thirty-two obese and 35 age-matched, non-obese men and women received graded ES to the q...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Maffiuletti NA,Morelli A,Martin A,Duclay J,Billot M,Jubeau M,Agosti F,Sartorio A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sucrose gap and intra-axonal recording techniques were used to identify the types of ion channels and inward rectification that are present in regenerated axons of adult (greater than 8 weeks) rat sciatic nerve after crush injury. In sucrose gap recordings, 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) led to slight broadening of the compou...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gordon TR,Kocsis JD,Waxman SG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of differences in motor unit activity across contraction types and between hands suggests that the magnitude of fluctuations in motor output is only weakly related when these conditions are compared. Twenty right-handed young (24.1 +/- 5.3 years) and old (72.5 +/- 4.9 years) adults performed three levels ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shinohara M,Keenan KG,Enoka RM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large muscle genes are often sequenced using complementary DNA (cDNA) made from muscle messenger RNA (mRNA) to reduce the cost and workload associated with sequencing from genomic DNA. Two potential barriers are the availability of a frozen muscle biopsy, and difficulties in detecting nonsense mutations due to nonsens...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Waddell LB,Monnier N,Cooper ST,North KN,Clarke NF

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a consanguineous family that had progressive myopathy with rimmed vacuole (RV) formation and amyloid deposition. Patient 1 is a 71-year-old woman with muscle atrophy in the lumbar girdle and lower extremities. Patient 2 is a 40-year-old man (the son of Patient 1) with fatty changes in the biceps femoris mu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kojima Y,Sakai K,Ishida C,Asaka T,Hamaguchi T,Nozaki I,Fukushima K,Tsuchiya A,Kametani F,Yazaki M,Okino S,Yamada M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the effects of aerobic and resistance exercise in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). METHODS:Eighteen CIDP patients treated with subcutaneous immunoglobulin performed 12 weeks of aerobic exercise and 12 weeks of resistance exercise after a run-in period...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Markvardsen LH,Overgaard K,Heje K,Sindrup SH,Christiansen I,Vissing J,Andersen H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2D (LGMD2D) is caused by mutations in the alpha-sarcoglycan gene (SGCA). The most frequently reported mutation, 229CGC>TGC (R77C) in exon 3 of SGCA, results in the substitution of arginine by cysteine. We present here the clinical, immunohistochemical, and genetic data of 11 Finnish pati...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hackman P,Juvonen V,Sarparanta J,Penttinen M,Aärimaa T,Uusitalo M,Auranen M,Pihko H,Alén R,Junes M,Lönnqvist T,Kalimo H,Udd B

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Although it has been shown that muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) improves the phenotypic characterization of patients with neuromuscular disorders and allows accurate quantification of muscle and adipose tissue distribution, to date quantitative MRI has not been used to assess the therapeutic response in clinic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pichiecchio A,Poloni GU,Ravaglia S,Ponzio M,Germani G,Maranzana D,Costa A,Repetto A,Tavazzi E,Danesino C,Moglia A,Bastianello S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Piriformis muscle syndrome (PS) is a disorder encompassing a constellation of symptoms, including buttock and hip pain. In this study we aimed to assess the value of ultrasound (US) in the diagnosis of PS. METHODS:Thirty-three clinically diagnosed PS patients and 26 healthy volunteers underwent a clinical...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zhang W,Luo F,Sun H,Ding H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00