Invited review: peripheral neuropathy in Sjogren's syndrome.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Accurate Test of Limb Isometric Strength (ATLIS) device can reliably measure the strength of 12 muscle groups using a fixed load cell. The purpose of this study was to analyze ATLIS data from healthy adults to calculate an individual's predicted strength scores. METHODS:ATLIS data were collected from ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Andres PL,English R,Mendoza M,Florence J,Malkus E,Schierbecker J,Siener C,Malspeis S,Schoenfeld DA,Munsat TL,Cudkowicz ME

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To collect preliminary data on the effects of mexiletine on cortical and axonal hyperexcitability in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a phase 2 double-blind randomized controlled trial. METHODS:Twenty ALS subjects were randomized to placebo and mexiletine 300 or 600 mg daily for 4 wk and asse...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weiss MD,Macklin EA,McIlduff CE,Vucic S,Wainger BJ,Kiernan MC,Goutman SA,Goyal NA,Rutkove SB,Ladha SS,Chen IA,Harms MB,Brannagan TH,Lacomis D,Zivkovic S,Ma M,Wang LH,Simmons Z,Rivner MH,Shefner JM,Cudkowicz ME,A

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Slowly progressive, genetic neuromuscular diseases (gNMDs) often lead to important motor deficiencies and functional limitations. The Quality of Life in Genetic Neuromuscular Disease Questionnaire (QoL-gNMD) is a new health-related quality-of-life questionnaire developed for these patients. The purpose of ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dany A,Rapin A,Lavrard B,Saoût V,Réveillère C,Bassez G,Tiffreau V,Péréon Y,Sacconi S,Eymard B,Dramé M,Jolly D,Novella JL,Hardouin JB,Boyer FC

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：:The compound muscle action potential (M(MAX)) during a maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) may be measured to determine if the motor nerve has been supramaximally stimulated during the interpolated twitch technique (ITT). Ten males performed isometric knee extension MVCs. M(MAX) for the vastus medialis was recorded du...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Berger MJ,Watson BV,Doherty TJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied the singular value decomposition (SVD) method to study single motor unit firing patterns. Two projects were carried out: (1) a computer simulation study to confirm the meanings of two SVD parameters, the eigenvalue corresponding to the positive-slope eigenvector (PEV) and that corresponding to the negative-...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sun TY,Chen JJ,Lin TS

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Single-fiber electromyography (SFEMG) demonstrates abnormal jitter in virtually all (99%) patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). One muscle, the extensor digitorum communis, is abnormal in most patients with this disease, but to obtain the maximum diagnostic sensitivity, it may be necessary to examine other muscles, es...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sanders DB,Howard JF Jr

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denervation induces muscle fiber atrophy and changes in the gene expression rates of skeletal muscle. Electrical stimulation (ES) is a procedure generally used to treat denervated muscles in humans. This study evaluated the effect of ES based on chronaxie and rheobase on the expression of the myoD and atrogin-1 genes ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Russo TL,Peviani SM,Freria CM,Gigo-Benato D,Geuna S,Salvini TF

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Body components were measured noninvasively in patients with neuromuscular disease by using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), capable of separately analyzing fat, bone, and muscle content. In all patients with muscle atrophy of myogenic or neurogenic origin, muscle mass was markedly reduced. Although all three c...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kanda F,Fujii Y,Takahashi K,Fujita T

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:A treatment has been developed to alleviate muscle weakness in murine dystrophy. Cultured myoblasts from genetically normal mouse embryos were injected into the right soleus of 20-day-old normal or dystrophic mice. Hosts and donors were immunocompatible but exhibited different genotype markers. Donor cells produced GP...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Law PK,Goodwin TG,Wang MG

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrical and mechanical properties of paralyzed human thenar muscles were measured in response to supramaximal stimulation of the median nerve in individuals with chronic cervical spinal cord injury. These data were compared to those recorded from control muscles. Spontaneous motor unit activity was common in pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thomas CK

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anterior interosseous nerve syndrome and ulnar neuropathy, paralysis or weakness of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscles has been shown to vary according to the degree of involvement of the median and ulnar nerves, respectively. We traced these nerves in 50 cadaveric specimens in which each FDP was complete...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oh CS,Won HS,Lee KS,Chung IH,Kim SM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory myopathies include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), and sporadic inclusion-body myositis (s-IBM). In DM, the main immune effector response appears to be humoral and directed against the microvasculature, whereas in both PM and s-IBM, cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and macrophages invade and eventually...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Figarella-Branger D,Civatte M,Bartoli C,Pellissier JF

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of an in-home expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) program on pulmonary, swallow, and cough function in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:EMST was tested in a prospective, single-center, double-blind, randomized, contr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Plowman EK,Tabor-Gray L,Rosado KM,Vasilopoulos T,Robison R,Chapin JL,Gaziano J,Vu T,Gooch C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle fatigue occurs in many neuromuscular diseases, including the muscular dystrophies, and it contributes to a loss of functional capacity and reduced quality of life for affected patients. An improvement in fatigue resistance has been observed in diaphragm muscles of mdx mice following insulin-like growth factor-I...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gregorevic P,Plant DR,Lynch GS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with prior poliomyelitis may experience muscle function deterioration decades after onset of disease. The present study is aimed at describing electromyographic and morphometric evidence of muscular compensation and of on-going muscular instability. Ten subjects 42-62 years of age with onset of polio 25-52 ye...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Einarsson G,Grimby G,Stålberg E

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several monoclonal antibodies (mcAbs) elicited against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) from Torpedo react also with skeletal muscle AChR. Such mcAbs were used to define antigenic determinants on muscle AChR and to elucidate their effect on muscle AChR functions. Primary chick muscle cultures were used as a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Souroujon MC,Mochly-Rosen D,Gordon AS,Fuchs S

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Thymectomy is required for the treatment of thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis (MG). However, MG may develop only after thymectomy, a condition known as post-thymectomy MG. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors for post-thymectomy MG in patients with thymoma. METHODS:We retrospectively identi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kim A,Choi SJ,Kang CH,Lee S,Son H,Kim JA,Shin JY,Kim SM,Hong YH,Sung JJ

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular dystrophy is defined as the progressive wasting of skeletal muscles that is caused by inherited or spontaneous genetic mutations. Next-generation sequencing has greatly improved the accuracy and speed of diagnosis for different types of muscular dystrophy. Advancements in depth of coverage, convenience, and o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hightower RM,Alexander MS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myogenic regulatory factor MyoD plays an important role in embryonic and adult skeletal muscle growth. Even though it is best known as a marker for activated satellite cells, it is also expressed in myonuclei, and its expression can be induced by a variety of different conditions. Several model systems have been u...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Legerlotz K,Smith HK

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We describe the ultrasonographic findings of sciatic nerve endometriosis. METHODS:Two premenopausal women with catamenial sciatica symptoms were examined, the first without a history of endometriosis, the second with previously confirmed endometriosis of the ovary. Ultrasonography, extending from the scia...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Arányi Z,Polyák I,Tóth N,Vermes G,Göcsei Z

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza vaccination has been associated with adverse events including Guillain-Barré syndrome. Because the safety of influenza vaccination in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) has not been established, some clinicians discourage vaccination for these patients. We explored whether the administration of influenza v...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zinman L,Thoma J,Kwong JC,Kopp A,Stukel TA,Juurlink DN

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein compositions of subcellular fractions of muscle obtained from 17 Duchenne dystrophy patients, 15 disease controls (10 different primary myopathies, 5 spinal muscular atrophy patients), and 10 normals were examined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The gels were stained with Coomassie Brilliant Blue an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Niebroj-Dobosz I,Kornguth S,Schutta H,Siegel FL,Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:GNE myopathy is a rare recessive myopathy caused by mutations in the GNE gene. It is mainly a distal myopathy with relative sparing of the quadriceps muscle. METHODS:Patients with distal myopathies from Kuwait were examined and tested for the Middle Eastern GNE gene founder mutation, p.M743T. Patients wer...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alrohaif H,Pogoryelova O,Al-Ajmi A,Aljeryan LA,Alrashidi NH,Alefasi SA,Urtizberea A,Lochmüller H,Bastaki L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-chemokines attract and activate T cells and monocytes and have a key role in chronic inflammation. Certain beta-chemokines, such as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), have been reported to be upregulated in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). We studied the distribution of beta-chemokine recept...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： De Paepe B,De Bleecker JL

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We tested for the presence of erythropoietin receptor (Epo-R) in human skeletal muscle and alterations in gene expression after prolonged use of an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA). METHODS:Nine healthy men were treated with ESA for 10 weeks (darbepoietin alfa). Muscle biopsies were collected before...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Christensen B,Nellemann B,Thorsen K,Nielsen MM,Pedersen SB,Ornstrup MJ,JØrgensen JO,Jessen N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques to estimate motor unit number (MUNE) measure the number of functioning motor units in a muscle. As amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by progressive motor unit loss, this disease offers an ideal setting for the use of MUNE. Statistical MUNE was employed in a recent multicenter trial of cre...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shefner JM,Cudkowicz ME,Zhang H,Schoenfeld D,Jillapalli D,Northeast ALS Consortium.

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00