Ocular neuropathy in peripheral neuropathies.

abstract：:The intramembrane particle (IMP) profile of control and dystrophic (Bio 14.6) hamster cardiac muscle plasma membrane was assessed in freeze-fracture replicas to determine whether this animal model of muscular dystrophy exhibits the same membrane characteristics found in skeletal muscle from other more thoroughly studi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Graham KA,Shivers RR,Atkinson BG

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We determined whether instrumenting timed functional tasks with wireless inertial motion sensors were responsive to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) progression and movement pattern changes. METHODS:Ten individuals who were clinically affected with genetically confirmed FSHD, mean age 54 year...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Statland JM,Karanevich A,Bruetsch A,Huisinga J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Myotonic dystrophy, or dystrophia myotonica (DM), is characterized by prominent muscle wasting and weakness as well as delayed muscle relaxation resulting from persistent electrical discharges. METHODS:We hypothesized heterogeneity among muscles in degree of weakness and myotonia in an expanded [(CUG)(250...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Moyer M,Berger DS,Ladd AN,Van Lunteren E

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to investigate in vivo median nerve longitudinal mobility in different segments of the carpal tunnel associated with active finger motion in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) patients in a comparison with healthy controls. METHODS:Eleven healthy volunteers and 11 CTS patients part...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Yao Y,Grandy E,Evans PJ,Seitz WH Jr,Li ZM

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:The role of motor innervation and muscle tension in the posthatching maturation of the slow-tonic anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle of the chicken has been investigated. Modification of the muscle tension was obtained either by maintaining ALD in a shortened state or by stretching, after or without denervation. I...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gardahaut MF,Rouaud TP,Renaud D,Khaskiye A,Le Douarin GH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We assessed the potential use of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) in the evaluation hand muscles affected by upper extremity mononeuropathies. METHODS:The gray scale levels (GSLs) of abductor pollicis brevis (APB), abductor digiti minimi (ADM), and first dorsal interosseous (FDI) of 30 healthy and 30 upper e...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wang Y,Gutierrez H,Martucci M,Poussaint A,Qi K,Sanchez B,Rutkove SB

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical testing for neuromuscular dysfunction is supported by an extensive amount of excellent basic information about normal and abnormal subcellular physiology and ultrastructure. This information provides an essential frame of reference for describing the rationale of single-fiber electromyography (SFEMG). SFEMG i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Keesey JC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is associated with a peripheral neuropathy that reduces nerve conduction velocity. This may impair high motor-unit discharge frequencies (MUDF), decrease muscle activation, and curtail the ability to sustain repetitive contractile tasks. We examined (1) whether MUDF, the contractile pro...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Almeida S,Riddell MC,Cafarelli E

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Task-dependent differences in the facilitation of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) following cortex stimulation were studied in a proximal (deltoid) and a distal muscle (abductor digiti minimi; ADM) in 23 healthy subjects during both dynamic and steady contractions of the target muscle under isometric and under nonisome...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Arányi Z,Mathis J,Hess CW,Rösler KM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our pilot study tested the feasibility and performance of an eye-controlled power wheelchair for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. METHODS:In this prospective pilot study, participants drove the wheelchair three times around an indoor course. We assessed the time to complete the course; starting...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Elliott MA,Malvar H,Maassel LL,Campbell J,Kulkarni H,Spiridonova I,Sophy N,Beavers J,Paradiso A,Needham C,Rifley J,Duffield M,Crawford J,Wood B,Cox EJ,Scanlan JM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several pathogenic mechanisms of peripheral nerve involvement in patients with monoclonal dysglobulinemia. Intranervous proliferation of malignant cells, immunoglobulin, or amyloid deposits in the endoneurial space can only be determined by examination of nerve biopsy specimens. We present clinical, electrop...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Vallat JM,Magy L,Richard L,Piaser M,Sindou P,Calvo J,Ghorab K,Cros D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we determined the reliability and validity of electrical impedance myography (EIM) in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). METHODS:We performed a prospective study of EIM on 16 bilateral limb and trunk muscles in 35 genetically defined and clinically affected FSHD patients (reliabi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Statland JM,Heatwole C,Eichinger K,Dilek N,Martens WB,Tawil R

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Impaired torque production is a major physical impairment following stroke, and has been studied extensively in isometric conditions. However, functional use of a limb requires torque production during movement, and the effects of velocity on maximal torque production may be abnormally enhanced in the paretic limb. Th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lum PS,Patten C,Kothari D,Yap R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origins of impaired finger and hand function were examined in 10 stroke survivors with chronic spastic hemiparesis, with the intent of assessing whether mechanical restraint or altered neurophysiological control mechanisms are responsible for the well-known impairment of finger extension. Simultaneous extension of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kamper DG,Harvey RL,Suresh S,Rymer WZ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large Swedish family with members affected by progressive external ophthalmoplegia with hypogonadism were followed-up and reviewed. Hypogonadism included delayed sexual maturation, primary amenorrhea, early menopause, and testicular atrophy. Cataracts, cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, hypoacusia, pes cavus, tremor, pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Melberg A,Arnell H,Dahl N,Stålberg E,Raininko R,Oldfors A,Bakall B,Lundberg PO,Holme E

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletions of muscle mitochondrial DNA are known in mitochondrial myopathy patients who have chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO). A 41-year-old patient with no apparent family history of this condition suffers from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, slight muscle atrophy, and weakness of the extremities, but ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Takei Y,Ikeda S,Yanagisawa N,Takahashi W,Sekiguchi M,Hayashi T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an adult-onset motor neuron disease caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the androgen receptor gene. The aim of this study was to verify whether urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), an oxidative stress marker, is a biomarker for SBMA. METHODS:We measured th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mano T,Katsuno M,Banno H,Suzuki K,Suga N,Hashizume A,Tanaka F,Sobue G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we evaluated the characteristics of the tibialis anterior muscle after sciatic nerve crush and treatment with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or the protein from natural latex (P1). METHODS:We studied the following 6 groups of male Wistar rats: control (CG); exposed nerve (EG); injured nerve ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Muniz KL,Dias FJ,Coutinho-Netto J,Calzzani RA,Iyomasa MM,Sousa LG,Santos TT,Teles Vde O,Watanabe IS,Fazan VP,Issa JP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exertional muscle pain, contractures, recurrent rhabdomyolysis, and pigmenturia are common in certain muscle glycolytic disorders. However, the frequency, distribution, and long-term significance of these findings are poorly understood. First we performed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the extremities as a screen...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fleckenstein JL,Peshock RM,Lewis SF,Haller RG

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine factors affecting health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and to propose appropriate treatment targets for patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). METHODS:We evaluated 640 consecutive patients with MG seen at 11 neurological centers. Two-year follow-up data were obtaine...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Utsugisawa K,Suzuki S,Nagane Y,Masuda M,Murai H,Imai T,Tsuda E,Konno S,Nakane S,Suzuki Y,Fujihara K,Suzuki N

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Detection of denervation in muscles in the craniobulbar area is important to assure widespread lower motor neuron involvement in the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The value of spontaneous activity analysis in needle electromyography (EMG) of the tongue has been questioned in the recent ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tankisi H,Otto M,Pugdahl K,Fuglsang-Frederiksen A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophic factors are growth factors or cytokines that are inducible polypeptides and permit intercellular communication. An explosion of information about neurotrophic factors is setting the stage for significant advances in neural disease therapy in the next century. The effects of these trophic factors are overl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mitsumoto H,Tsuzaka K

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：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：INTRODUCTION:To evaluate the sensitivity of electrophysiologic assessments, we compared F-waves and motor and sensory nerve conduction studies (MNCS and SNCS) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS:We tested median, ulnar, tibial, and fibular nerves in 132 DM patients divided into those with and without clin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pan H,Jian F,Lin J,Chen N,Zhang C,Zhang Z,Ding Z,Wang Y,Cui L,Kimura J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new combined stain for the simultaneous demonstration of motor nerve terminals and cholinesterase at neuromuscular junctions is described. It employs bromoindoxyl acetate dye-staining for cholinesterase and silver-gold impregnation for nerve terminals. The clarity and reliability of the stain permit quantitative mea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pestronk A,Drachman DB

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00