Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm in patients >65 years of age: an analysis of outcomes and complications.

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：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：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：INTRODUCTION:We sought to define the whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) fingerprint of muscle involvement in pediatric LMNA-related dystrophy (LMNA-RD) and to compare it with SEPN1-related myopathy (SEPN1-RM). METHODS:Signal abnormality and atrophy in 109 muscles were scored by semiquantitative scales in 8 children with LMNA-RD ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gómez-Andrés D,Dabaj I,Mompoint D,Hankiewicz K,Azzi V,Ioos C,Romero NB,Ben Yaou R,Bergounioux J,Bonne G,Richard P,Estournet B,Yves-Carlier R,Quijano-Roy S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If anti-GM1 antibody plays a role in the axonal damage in Guillain-Barré syndrome, the common entrapment sites may be preferentially involved with evidence of axonal dysfunction. To assess this hypothesis, we studied nerve conduction across the cubital tunnel in 44 patients. Abnormal amplitude reduction of compound mu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuwabara S,Mori M,Ogawara K,Mizobuchi K,Hattori T,Koga M,Yuki N

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As applied to skeletal muscle, stem cell therapy is a reincarnation of myoblast transfer therapy that has resulted from recent advances in the cell biology of skeletal muscle. Both strategies envisage the reconstruction of damaged muscle from its precursors, but stem cell therapy employs precursors that are earlier in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Partridge TA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three patients with inflammatory myopathy who presented clinically with weakness and wasting of only one limb. The myopathy progressed over 6 months and 5 years, respectively, in two patients and was stable after 8 years in the third patient. One patient had a skin rash. Serum CK was elevated in the two pati...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lederman RJ,Salanga VD,Wilbourn AJ,Hanson MR,Dudley AW Jr

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite the existence of guidelines, painful neuropathy is often inappropriately treated. We sought to determine the effectiveness of a clinical decision support system on guideline-recommended medication use. METHODS:We randomized neurology providers, stratified by subspecialty, to a best practice alert ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Reynolds EL,Burke JF,Banerjee M,Callaghan BC

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:We have previously demonstrated that patients with mitochondrial myopathies can benefit from short-term aerobic exercise training. In this study, we compared the responses to short-term aerobic training of patients with mitochondrial myopathies, patients with nonmetabolic myopathies, and sedentary normal subjects. Tra...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Taivassalo T,De Stefano N,Chen J,Karpati G,Arnold DL,Argov Z

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Repetitive loading of the low back tissues induces tension relaxation with a corresponding variation in the myoelectric response of the neuromuscular system, which may influence low back health. The purpose of this study was to observe trunk muscle activities before and after a passive cyclic trunk flexion...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Olson MW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The ability to individualize recommendations or expectations of disease progression based on a patient's unique characteristics has merit for use in sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM). METHODS:Fifty-five subjects with sIBM completed a battery of strength and functional outcomes at 2 study visits. The...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alfano LN,Yin H,Dvorchik I,Maus EG,Flanigan KM,Mendell JR,Lowes LP

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Piriformis muscle syndrome (PS) is a disorder encompassing a constellation of symptoms, including buttock and hip pain. In this study we aimed to assess the value of ultrasound (US) in the diagnosis of PS. METHODS:Thirty-three clinically diagnosed PS patients and 26 healthy volunteers underwent a clinical...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zhang W,Luo F,Sun H,Ding H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare disorder that can present with muscle symptoms that mimic other neuromuscular diseases. METHODS:We report the case of a 43-year-old woman with chronic muscle aches, tightness, and stiffness with hypertrophied, well-defined muscles despite physical inactivity, and thic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Whitlock JB,Dimberg EL,Selcen D,Rubin DI

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2D (LGMD2D) is caused by mutations in the alpha-sarcoglycan gene (SGCA). The most frequently reported mutation, 229CGC>TGC (R77C) in exon 3 of SGCA, results in the substitution of arginine by cysteine. We present here the clinical, immunohistochemical, and genetic data of 11 Finnish pati...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hackman P,Juvonen V,Sarparanta J,Penttinen M,Aärimaa T,Uusitalo M,Auranen M,Pihko H,Alén R,Junes M,Lönnqvist T,Kalimo H,Udd B

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians who use electromyographic (EMG) signals to help determine the presence or absence of abnormality in a muscle often, with varying degrees of success, evaluate sets of motor unit potentials (MUPs) qualitatively and/or quantitatively to characterize the muscle in a clinically meaningful way. The resulting musc...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pino LJ,Stashuk DW,Boe SG,Doherty TJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired neuromyotonia is characterized by hyperexcitability of motor nerves resulting in continuous muscle fiber activity. It occurs most often as a paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with cancers of the immune system. Antibodies against voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKCs) have been detected in some patients. P...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lahrmann H,Albrecht G,Drlicek M,Oberndorfer S,Urbanits S,Wanschitz J,Zifko UA,Grisold W

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of hepatic neuropathy is poorly understood, but membrane depolarization due to a toxic inhibition of oxidative metabolism has been proposed. We investigated the relationship between nerve excitability properties, nerve dysfunction, and liver function in 11 pretransplant patients, the majority of wh...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ng K,Lin CS,Murray NM,Burroughs AK,Bostock H

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Heterozygous mutations in the Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy (BSCL2) gene have been associated with different clinical phenotypes including Silver syndrome/spastic paraplegia 17, distal hereditary motor neuropathy type V, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2) with predominant hand involvement. We s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Luigetti M,Fabrizi GM,Madia F,Ferrarini M,Conte A,Delgrande A,Tonali PA,Sabatelli M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise intolerance and undue fatigue are common complaints in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. Reduced physical ability is due directly to the disease, but it is also due to physical deconditioning. The aim of this study was to test whether 24 weeks of interval-training exercise (ITE) cycling can sig...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： El Mhandi L,Millet GY,Calmels P,Richard A,Oullion R,Gautheron V,Féasson L

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:To clarify the molecular nature of the pathogenesis in X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), we monitored the expression of 2400 genes in control and EDMD fibroblasts by using complementary DNA (cDNA) microarray techniques. A total of 60 genes whose expression was altered in EDMD fibroblasts when compared...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tsukahara T,Tsujino S,Arahata K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the compound motor action potentials (CMAPs) evoked in the biceps, triceps, and abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles by conventional electrical stimulation at Erb's point (EP), and by magnetic coil stimulation of the supraclavicular region in 11 normal subjects. We found that magnetic coil stimulation was ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cros D,Gominak S,Shahani B,Fang J,Day B

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) contain anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) IgG antibodies (Ab) which have different antigenic specificities. Three Ab types were detected: (1) MG-I, which forms immune complexes with AChR; (2) MG-C, which decreases binding of AChR to concanavalin A; and MG-B, which blocks a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mittag T,Massa T,Kornfeld P,Papatestas A,Bender A,Genkins G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voluntary and stimulation single-fiber electromyography were performed in the extensor digitorum communis muscle of 15 myasthenic patients. The increase in mean and individual mean consecutive difference as well as the proportion of blocking in the volitional activation were greater than in the stimulation method. The...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Murga L,Sánchez F,Menéndez C,Castilla JM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrodiagnostic studies were analyzed in patients with neuropathy associated with IgM monoclonal proteins, 7 with anti-myelin associated glycoprotein reactivity (MAG) and 7 nonreactive to MAG. The findings were distinctly different in the two groups. The electrodiagnostic studies of all the MAG-reactive patients had...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kelly JJ Jr

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with the limb-girdle variant of congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) possess mutations in the human Dok-7 gene (DOK7). We identified six unrelated CMS patients with DOK7 mutations. Two patients, one mildly and the other moderately affected, were homozygous for the previously described 1263insC mutation. ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Anderson JA,Ng JJ,Bowe C,McDonald C,Richman DP,Wollmann RL,Maselli RA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study contrasts the developmental patterns of expression of 2 subtypes of the voltage-dependent sodium channel in rat muscle that are differentiated by their immunoreactivity with monoclonal antibodies raised to the purified muscle sodium channel protein. One subtype is found in the transverse tubular (T) system ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schotland DL,Fieles W,Barchi RL

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00