Estimated cost of treating myasthenia gravis in an insured U.S. population.

abstract：:Diseases involving chronic inflammation can lead to prolonged exposure of skeletal muscle to inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), which may contribute to the skeletal muscle weakness seen in these conditions. In this study we examined the effect of a prolonged exposure to TNFalpha on ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： van Kann LN,Bakker AJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:Nerve conduction studies (NCS) may be deferred because of a perceived risk of cardiac arrhythmia in the presence of same-limb peripheral intravenous lines. Patients with implanted pacemakers or defibrillators provide a model in whom this risk can be assessed. Twenty patients, seven with pacemakers and 13 with defibril...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mellion ML,Buxton AE,Iyer V,Almahameed S,Lorvidhaya P,Gilchrist JM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Immobilization induced by experimental denervation leads to rapid and progressive alterations in structural and biochemical properties of skeletal muscle. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is a popular method of elucidating the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle atroph...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nakao R,Yamamoto S,Yasumoto Y,Kadota K,Oishi K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We evaluated anatomic variations of distal branches of the superficial fibular sensory nerve electrophysiologically. METHODS:Orthodromic nerve conduction studies (NCS) of the first and third branches (M-I, M-III) of the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve and the fourth and fifth branches (I-IV, I-V) of the int...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hemmi S,Kurokawa K,Nagai T,Kushida R,Okamoto T,Murakami T,Sunada Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：: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 report an 18-month-old Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) patient who developed a rapid-onset neuropathy, with proximal and distal weakness, and non-uniform nerve conduction studies. The neuropathy responded well to immunomodulation, confirming the coexistence of an inherited and an inflammatory neuropathy. Unexpe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Marques W Jr,Funayama CA,Secchin JB,Lourenço CM,Gouvêa SP,Marques VD,Bastos PG,Barreira AA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some have suggested that nonfamilial motor neuron disease (MND) may be autoimmune, and the neurological disorder may benefit from immunotherapy. There have been reports of over 30 cases of lymphoproliferative disease (lymphoma, multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia) with MND, and these patients might he of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Louis ED,Hanley AE,Brannagan TH,Sherman W,Murphy P,Lange DJ,Trojaborg W,Younger DS,Lovelace RE,Latov N,Rowland LP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dropped head syndrome occurs in a variety of neuromuscular disorders. We present a woman with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy who developed this syndrome, likely reflecting severe demyelination of nerves to cervical paraspinal muscles. ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hoffman D,Gutmann L

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and neurophysiological features of multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) indicate selective involvement of motor axons, but pathological abnormalities in sensory axons suggest a more widespread disease process. The present study was undertaken to determine whether the focal abnormalities are associated with w...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cappelen-Smith C,Kuwabara S,Lin CS,Burke D

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is an emerging non-invasive, highly reproducible electrophysiological technique that objectively characterizes muscle structure and composition by measuring bioimpedance. We assessed the ability of EIM ability to discriminate 2 forms of congenital muscular dystrophy (CM...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schwartz DP,Dastgir J,Salman A,Lear B,Bönnemann CG,Lehky TJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:Neuromyotonia or Isaacs' syndrome is a rare peripheral nerve hyperexcitability disorder caused by antibodies against potassium channels of myelinated axons. We present the high-density surface electromyographic (EMG) recordings of a patient with fasciculations and cramps due to neuromyotonia. To characterize the time ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kleine BU,Stegeman DF,Drost G,Zwarts MJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) exacerbations may be triggered by infections.In the winter of 2009/2010, the Israeli Ministry of Health recommended that each individual with a chronic condition be vaccinated against both the seasonal influenza and the H1N1 virus. We examined vaccination practices in 74 MG patients. Only 38 pat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Auriel E,Regev K,Dori A,Karni A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements were done on the biceps muscles of 6 healthy volunteers to record simultaneously the surface electromyogram (EMG) and vibromyogram (VMG) by means of a piezoelectric device (accelerometer). The VMG is generated by mechanical waves due to the contraction mechanism and often measured as sound. The frequency ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zwarts MJ,Keidel M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Respiratory and locomotor skeletal muscle dysfunction are common findings in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, the mechanisms that cause muscle impairment in COPD are unclear. Because Ca2+ signaling in excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling is important for muscle activity, we hypothesi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Robison P,Sussan TE,Chen H,Biswal S,Schneider MF,Hernández-Ochoa EO

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:We measured the peak voltage induced in a sensing loop by a Magstim 200 magnetic stimulator. Coil output varied little for repeated stimulation at the same intensity over a wide range of coil output. In contrast, the first stimulus immediately after a change in intensity was of larger amplitude and showed greater vari...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Reutens DC,MacDonell RA,Berkovic SF

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Improving axonal outgrowth and remyelination is crucial for peripheral nerve regeneration. Miconazole appears to enhance remyelination in the central nervous system. In this study we assess the effect of miconazole on axonal regeneration using a sciatic nerve crush injury model in rats. METHODS:Fifty Spra...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lin T,Qiu S,Yan L,Zhu S,Zheng C,Zhu Q,Liu X

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyographic (EMG) recordings may serve an important role in predicting torque during repetitive activation of paralyzed muscle. We compared the initial M-wave to the subsequent M-waves of the same train under fatigued and recovered conditions in the paralyzed human soleus muscle. Sixteen individuals with chronic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chang YJ,Shields RK

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-carnitine stimulated CO2 production from 1-14C pyruvate in mitochondria from human skeletal muscle nearly twofold. A comparable increase in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) activity was seen. Moreover, in the presence of L-carnitine and at pyruvate concentration greater than 0.25 mM, this effect was associa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Uziel G,Garavaglia B,Di Donato S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived microparticle (PDMP) levels were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to elucidate the role of platelet activation in patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM). PDMP levels in active PM/DM patients (median 13.3 U/ml, interquartile range 9.9-20.7 U/ml, n = 16) and tho...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shirafuji T,Hamaguchi H,Higuchi M,Kanda F

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood can be problematic for individuals with rare disabilities such as muscular dystrophy (MD). METHODS:We identified a cohort of 220 individuals with MD and 440 matched comparison individuals and measured emergency room (ER) and inpatient (IP) encounters for the yea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mann JR,Royer JA,Mcdermott S,Hardin JW,Ozturk O,Street N

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a woman with a slowly progressive adult onset proximal myopathy, muscle biopsy showed storage of PAS positive material in type 1 fibers. This material consisted of a branched chain polysaccharide associated with a mucoprotein. No abnormality of glycogen-pathway enzymes was detected. This suggested that this polysac...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thompson AJ,Swash M,Cox EL,Ingram DA,Gray A,Schwartz MS

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six members originating from two families with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (hypertrophic and neuronal types) were noted to have enlarged calf muscles. Muscle computed tomography revealed that muscle enlargement in the propositus of the family with the hypertrophic type of HMSN was due to an increase in mus...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： De Visser M,Hoogendijk JE,Ongerboer BW,Verbeeten BJ Jr

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare electromyogram (EMG) and acoustic myogram (AMG) recordings of biceps brachii muscles in patients with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). The maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) in the CP group was approximately one half of that of the normal group even after being normalized by the muscle ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Akataki K,Mita K,Itoh K,Suzuki N,Watakabe M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In normal skeletal muscle, prolonged stimulation results in some cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) being converted to adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and then deaminated to inosine monophosphate (IMP). Here, we investigate whether the build-up of IMP contributes to muscle fatigue and also determine what happens if A...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Blazev R,Lamb GD

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00