Comparison of analysis approaches for phase III clinical trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

abstract：:On magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the brachial plexus increased signal intensity and swelling of the brachial plexus has been found in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Whether these proximal abnormalities are also present in the distal polyneuropathy associated with monoclonal gammopathy i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Eurelings M,Notermans NC,Franssen H,Van Es HW,Ramos LM,Wokke JH,van den Berg LH

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In median nerve lesions of the hand, electrophysiologic evaluation of the second lumbrical muscle can help to differentiate between lesions of the common digital nerves and the proper digital nerves, as illustrated by this case report. Median nerve conduction studies to the second lumbrical muscle can be performed by ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Busis NA,Logigian EL,Shahani BT

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to describe the therapeutic effects of immunomodulatory therapy in 3 patients with childhood autoimmune necrotizing myopathy with anti-signal recognition particle antibodies (SRP-ANM). METHODS:Before treatment, data on clinical features, muscle pathology, and thigh MRIs were obta...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zhao Y,Liu X,Zhang W,Yuan Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) developed guidelines to formalize the ethical standards that neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic (EDx) physicians should observe in their clinical and scientific activities. Neuromuscular and EDx medicine is a subspecialty of medicine that ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Abel NA,De Sousa EA,Govindarajan R,Mayer MP,Simpson DA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a novel missense mutation in the myophosphorylase gene in a Spanish patient with McArdle's disease. The patient was homozygous for a T-to-C transition at codon 115 (L115P) in exon 3, which changed an encoded leucine (CUG) to a proline (CCG). This is the first mutation to be described in exon 3 and i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gamez J,Fernandez R,Bruno C,Andreu AL,Cervera C,Navarro C,Schwartz S,Dimauro S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A new technique to obtain the sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) of the medial femoral cutaneous nerve is described. METHODS:SNAPs were recorded from 104 subjects with a bar recording electrode 10 cm proximal to the patella along an imaginary line drawn between the medial edge of the patella and the femo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Geney-Castro DE,Vanegas-Muñóz J,Plata-Contreras J,Salinas-Duran F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycophenolate mofetil 1.5 g daily (30 mg/kg body weight) was given to a patient with ankylosing spondylitis, ulcerative colitis, and severe refractory polymyositis after conventional treatment regimes had failed. No severe side effects occurred. Considerable improvement of clinical symptoms and electromyographic findi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schneider C,Gold R,Schäfers M,Toyka KV

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis in soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles was measured in vitro to test the hypothesis that the lack of muscle protein accumulation in dystrophic conditions could be caused by a reduced sensitivity to insulin. We demonstrate that physiological insulin concentrations stimulate protein synt...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ballard FJ,Nield MK,Tomas FM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a degenerative disease of skeletal, respiratory, and cardiac muscles caused by defects in the dystrophin gene. More recently, brain involvement has been verified. Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress may underlie the pathophysiology of DMD. In this study we ev...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Comim CM,Hoepers A,Ventura L,Freiberger V,Dominguini D,Mina F,Mendonça BP,Scaini G,Vainzof M,Streck EL,Quevedo J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used peristimulus time histograms (PSTHs) to estimate characteristics of the composite excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) generated at the anterior horn cell by a descending cortical volley induced by subthreshold transcranial magnetic stimuli in 11 normal subjects, 9 patients with DNA-confirmed Kennedy's d...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weber M,Eisen A

更新日期：1999-03-01 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:The morphological characteristics of skeletal muscles innervated caudal to a spinal cord injury (SCI) undergo dramatic phenotypic and microvascular changes. METHOD:Female Sprague-Dawley rats received a severe contusion at thoracic level 9/10 and were randomly assigned to locomotor training, epidural stimu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kissane RWP,Wright O,Al'Joboori YD,Marczak P,Ichiyama RM,Egginton S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nemaline myopathy is a rare disorder of varying severity and genetic etiology. We present two cases, a father and son, with a novel missense mutation in the alpha actin gene. Both have a history of early motor impairment, with the son's course being considerably more severe. This pair illustrates the clinical variabil...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bouldin AA,Parisi MA,Laing N,Patterson K,Gospe SM Jr

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Polyneuropathy signs (Neuropathy Impairment Score, NIS), neurophysiologic tests (m+7Ionis ), disability, and health scores were assessed in baseline evaluations of 100 patients entered into an oligonucleotide familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) trial. METHODS:We assessed: (1) Proficiency of grading ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dyck PJ,Kincaid JC,Dyck PJB,Chaudhry V,Goyal NA,Alves C,Salhi H,Wiesman JF,Labeyrie C,Robinson-Papp J,Cardoso M,Laura M,Ruzhansky K,Cortese A,Brannagan TH 3rd,Khoury J,Khella S,Waddington-Cruz M,Ferreira J,Wang AK,

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate the ultrasound (US) morphological changes of sural nerves (SNs) of uremic patients on hemodialysis. METHODS:Sixty-six SNs in 33 uremic patients were examined by 22-MHZ high-frequency US and routine nerve conduction studies (NCS), and 76 SNs in 38 controls were also ex...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wei M,Zhu J,Wang N,Xue Q,Liu F,Hu B,Fang J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:The F-wave was used to estimate motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) along the proximal segment of the fastest axons of the deep peroneal nerve (anterior-horn cells to knee) in 13 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and in 21 age- and sex-matched control subjects. Measurements were based on the shortes...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Argyropoulos CJ,Panayiotopoulos CP,Scarpalezos S

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Onabotulinum toxin serotype A (BT-A) is used for a variety of motor and sensory disorders related to abnormal muscle activity. METHODS:We developed a high-resolution rodent model to allow precise determination of the effect of BT-A dose (measured in units) and injectate volume (measured in μl) on the effi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hulst JB,Minamoto VB,Lim MB,Bremner SN,Ward SR,Lieber RL

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Muscle-fiber loss is a characteristic of many progressive neuromuscular disorders. Over the past decade, identification of a growing number of apoptosis-associated factors and events in pathological skeletal muscle provided increasing evidence that apoptotic cell-death mechanisms account significantly for muscle-fiber...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tews DS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia-reperfusion injury is implicated in the failure of free flap and replant surgeries and is associated with the pathogenesis of a wide variety of clinical diseases including stroke, myocardial infarction, spinal injury, and compartment syndromes. We used a skeletal muscle flap model to test if the induction of ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lille S,Su CY,Schoeller T,Suchy H,Lyons S,Russell RC,Neumeister M,Lai CC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tenotomy is a commonly encountered clinical entity, whether traumatic or iatrogenic. This article reviews the response of skeletal muscle to tenotomy. The changes are subdivided into molecular, architectural, and functional categories. Architectural disruption of the muscle includes myofiber disorganization, central c...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jamali AA,Afshar P,Abrams RA,Lieber RL

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen steady progress in the identification of genetic muscle diseases as well as efforts to develop treatment for these diseases. Consequently, sensitive and objective new methods are required to identify and monitor muscle pathology. Magnetic resonance imaging offers multiple potential biomarkers of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Leung DG

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study was designed to assess the effect of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) exposure of the parotid gland on oxidative stress and some trace element levels in the facial nerves of rats. METHODS:Twelve male Wistar albino rats were divided into two groups, each consisting of 6 animals. The ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kavak S,Garca MF,Gecit I,Meral I,Cengiz N,Demir H

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:Cytoplasmic body myopathy (CBM) is characterized by proteinaceous inclusion bodies in muscle tissue. A 43-year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive weakness and dysphagia. Electromyography (EMG) elsewhere demonstrated lower-limb chronic partial denervation. Muscle biopsy showed fiber size variation without dia...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Krishnan AV,Pamphlett R,Burke D,Wills EJ,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Muscle growth and regeneration are processes closely associated with proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of muscle cells. Death-associated protein 1 (DAP1) has been identified as a negative regulator of autophagy. Little is known about the function of DAP1 in the regulation of myogenesis and sate...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shin J,McFarland DC,Strasburg GM,Velleman SG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Low-intensity electrical stimuli of digital nerves may generate a double peak potential (DPp), composed of a cathodal (caAP) and an anodal (anAP) potential in orthodromic recordings. METHODS:We studied the effects on caAP and anAP of stimuli of variable intensity, duration, and frequency. We also applied ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Leote J,Pereira P,Cabib C,Cipullo F,Valls-Sole J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body weight-supported treadmill (BWST) training has been shown to improve ambulatory capacity in persons with a spinal cord injury (SCI); however, the effect that BWST training has on skeletal muscle phenotype is unknown. We aimed to determine whether 6 months (three sessions/week) of BWST training in neurologically s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stewart BG,Tarnopolsky MA,Hicks AL,McCartney N,Mahoney DJ,Staron RS,Phillips SM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00