A novel electrodiagnostic assessment of the laryngeal closure reflex.

abstract：:To determine if short TI (time to inversion) recovery (STIR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful in assessing lower extremity (LE) denervation in subacute lumbar radiculopathy (LR), 25 subjects underwent lumbar spine MRI, LE STIR MRI and needle electromyography (EMG). In 23 (92%) subjects there was a positive c...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carter GT,Fritz RC

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is typified as isolated nerve palsies caused by trivial compression or trauma. It rarely presents in two extremities and even more infrequently affects all four limbs simultaneously. We present a patient who concurrently experienced right shoulder, left han...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Crum BA,Sorenson EJ,Abad GA,Dyck PJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that vibration causes small changes in muscle length, but to the best of our knowledge, these have yet to be demonstrated during whole-body vibration (WBV). This was an observational study to determine whether acute WBV would result in muscle lengthening. We hypothesized that acute WBV would incr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cochrane DJ,Loram ID,Stannard SR,Rittweger J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with a clinical disorder that resembled vasculitic neuropathy in which peripheral nerves were successively affected over several months, but without systemic involvement. An initial muscle biopsy near the involved nerves showed signs of nonspecific inflammation around the muscle and nerve fibers....

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuntzer T,Lobrinus JA,Janzer RC,Ghika J,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with peripheral neuropathy frequently suffer from positive sensory (pain and paresthesias) and motor (muscle cramping) symptoms even in the recovery phase of the disease. To investigate the pathophysiology of increased axonal excitability in peripheral nerve regeneration, we assessed the temporal and spatial ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nakata M,Baba H,Kanai K,Hoshi T,Sawai S,Hattori T,Kuwabara S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) is the smallest outcome change that has clinical significance. Its use has not been established in the study of myasthenia gravis (MG). METHODS:Patients from a published intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) vs. placebo study were studied. One anchor-based an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Katzberg HD,Barnett C,Merkies IS,Bril V

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) and functional electrical stimulation (FES) of paralyzed muscles on type IV collagen content and proteins involving its degradation, which is initiated by matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 and regulated by their tissue inhibitors (...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koskinen SO,Kjaer M,Mohr T,Sørensen FB,Suuronen T,Takala TE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with DMD have low bone mineral density (BMD) and are at high risk for fractures. We examined changes in BMD and the effects of alendronate in DMD patients treated at our institution in the last decade. METHODS:Retrospective cohort study of 39 DMD patients. RESULTS:Patients had screening dual ene...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Houston C,Mathews K,Shibli-Rahhal A

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Valosin-containing protein (VCP) variants that affect muscle, bone, and the nervous system are termed multisystem proteinopathy. VCP myopathy is manifested as limb-girdle weakness, distal weakness and scapuloperoneal weakness. METHODS:We reviewed clinical, genetic, and muscle biopsy data from 6 members of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guo X,Zhao Z,Shen H,Qi B,Li N,Hu J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although paraspinal muscle fibrillations and positive sharp waves (PSWs) are used to help identify neuromuscular disorders, the frequency of these abnormalities in normal subjects is uncertain. We performed lumbosacral paraspinal electromyography in 65 normal subjects. Twenty-seven (42%) had fibrillations and/or PSWs,...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nardin RA,Raynor EM,Rutkove SB

更新日期：1998-10-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we aimed to determine the maximal isometric muscle strength of a healthy, normal-weight, pediatric population between 6 and 15 years of age using hand-held dynamometry to establish strength reference values. The secondary objective was determining the relationship between strength and anthrop...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Escobar RG,Munoz KT,Dominguez A,Banados P,Bravo MJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) occurs when symptoms of myotonic dystrophy present at birth. In this study we evaluated the relationship between physical function, muscle mass, and age to provide an assessment of the disease and help prepare for therapeutic trials. METHODS:CDM participants performed t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pucillo EM,Dibella DL,Hung M,Bounsanga J,Crockett B,Dixon M,Butterfield RJ,Campbell C,Johnson NE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we investigated the interaction between adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs) and myoblasts in co-culture experiments. METHODS:Specific inductive media were used to differentiate ASCs in vitro into a Schwann cell-like phenotype (differentiated adipose tissue-derived stem cells, or dASCs) ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： El-Habta R,Kingham PJ,Backman LJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS) is an autosomal-recessive condition characterized by muscle stiffness and chondrodysplasia. It is due to loss-of-function hypomorphic mutations in the HSPG2 gene that encodes for perlecan, a proteoglycan secreted into the basement membrane. The origin of muscle stiffness in SJS is debate...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Echaniz-Laguna A,Rene F,Marcel C,Bangratz M,Fontaine B,Loeffler JP,Nicole S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better define electrophysiological abnormalities in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with muscle-specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibodies (Ab), we compared electrophysiological features of 14 MuSK Ab-positive, 73 acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR Ab)-positive, and 22 MuSK and AChR Ab-negative (seronegative) pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oh SJ,Hatanaka Y,Hemmi S,Young AM,Scheufele ML,Nations SP,Lu L,Claussen GC,Wolfe GI

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The immuno-microenvironment of injured nerves adversely affects mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy for neurotmesis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used noninvasively to monitor nerve degeneration and regeneration. The aim of this study was to investigate nerve repair after MSC transplantation com...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Yang Z,Zheng C,Zhang F,Lin B,Cao M,Tian X,Zhang J,Zhang X,Shen J

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Changes in contractile rate of force development (RFD), measured within a short time interval from contraction initiation, were measured after a period of strength training that led to increases in muscle fascicle length but no measurable change in neuromuscular activity. The relationship between training-induced shif...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Blazevich AJ,Cannavan D,Horne S,Coleman DR,Aagaard P

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：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：INTRODUCTION:An environmental trigger of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is supported by geographic disparities in ALS incidence and development of the disease in conjugal couples. This study aims to investigate the incidence of ALS in the Northern New England states of New Hampshire (NH), Vermont (VT), an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Caller TA,Chipman JW,Field NC,Stommel EW

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stand-alone ultrasound shear wave imaging technology has been developed to quantify and visualize Young's modulus distribution by remotely applying ultrasound radiation force and tracking the resulting microvibrations in soft tissues with ultrafast ultrasound imaging. We report the first preliminary data that detect...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shinohara M,Sabra K,Gennisson JL,Fink M,Tanter M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Symptoms often return in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) who are treated with a local corticosteroid injection. We aimed to determine prognostic factors for a successful long-term outcome. METHODS:We prospectively followed 113 patients who received an injection for CTS. Clinical, electrophysiol...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Meys V,Thissen S,Rozeman S,Beekman R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten adult myotonic dystrophy patients underwent measurements of lung function, maximal dynamic and static ventilatory efforts, and respiratory muscle electromyography (EMG). EMG studies were performed during spontaneous breathing or when subjects breathed through high inspiratory or expiratory resistive loads. Present...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jammes Y,Pouget J,Grimaud C,Serratrice G

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological studies were performed on the ventral tail nerve of adult rats following intraperitoneal injection of a crude extract of ciguatoxin from known toxic fish flesh. Ciguatoxin induced significant slowing of both mixed and motor nerve conduction velocities and also significant reductions in both motor ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cameron J,Flowers AE,Capra MF

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Weakness in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) may be caused by decreases in muscle quantity and quality, but this has not been explored. METHODS:Twelve patients with CIDP (mean age 61 years) and 10 age-matched (mean age 59 years) control subjects were assessed for ankl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gilmore KJ,Doherty TJ,Kimpinski K,Rice CL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An enlarged tongue (macroglossia) has been reported in advanced-stage patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:In this study we examined the prevalence of macroglossia and analyzed clinical correlations in 65 ALS patients on tracheostomy-invasive ventilation (TIV). RESULTS:Macroglossia ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Matsuda C,Shimizu T,Nakayama Y,Haraguchi M,Hakuta C,Itagaki Y,Ogura A,Murata K,Taira M,Numayama T,Kinoshita M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00