Activity of Krebs cycle enzymes in mdx mice.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we aimed to identify prognostic factors of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) and developed a scoring system to establish the prognosis. METHODS:We collected baseline clinical, electrophysiologic, and ultrasonographic data from 2 cohorts. The outcomes for all patients were determined on fol...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Beekman R,Zijlstra W,Visser LH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite structural distinction between the transverse and oblique heads of the adductor pollicis, in vivo testing continues to consider the adductor pollicis as functionally simplistic. As a muscle's architecture is a strong indicator of function, in this study we aimed to determine whether the physiologic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stamenkovic A,Munro BJ,Peoples GE

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Mutations of the valosin-containing protein gene (VCP) are responsible for autosomal-dominant hereditary inclusion-body myopathy associated with frontotemporal dementia and Paget's disease of bone. We identified the p.R155C missense mutation in the VCP gene segregating in an Italian family with three affected siblings...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gidaro T,Modoni A,Sabatelli M,Tasca G,Broccolini A,Mirabella M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:There have been few reports on subtypes of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in children. We compared clinical and laboratory findings of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) and acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN). METHODS:One hundred forty children with GBS were included. Based on...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kalita J,Kumar M,Misra UK

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of cells from the motor system occurs during the normal aging process, leading to reduction in the complement of motor neurons and muscle fibers. The latter age-related decrease in muscle mass has been termed "sarcopenia" and is often combined with the detrimental effects of a sedentary lifestyle in older adults,...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Vandervoort AA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Accuracy of needle electromyography is typically ensured by use of anatomical landmarks and auditory feedback related to voluntary activation of the targeted muscle; however, in certain clinical situations, landmarks may not be palpable, auditory feedback may be limited or not present, and targeting a spec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Boon AJ,Oney-Marlow TM,Murthy NS,Harper CM,McNamara TR,Smith J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies of the carpal tunnel syndrome have generally overlooked the possibility of a familial occurrence. A prospective study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and significance of a positive family history of carpal tunnel syndrome. Seventy-five of 253 women and 40 of 168 men with a confirmed ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Radecki P

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：: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：:The aim of this study was to estimate normal jitter in voluntarily activated extensor digitorum communis (EDC) and orbicularis oculi (OOc) muscles using a disposable concentric needle electrode (CNE). The EDC of 67 normal subjects (22 males and 45 females, mean age 35.5 +/- 10.2 years) and the OOc of 50 normal subject...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kouyoumdjian JA,Stålberg EV

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed electrophysiologic methods for testing the three major forelimb nerves as a tool to evaluate motor and sensory recovery in rats. Median, ulnar, or radial nerves were transected and repaired in Sprague-Dawley rats. Compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) were r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wang H,Sorenson EJ,Spinner RJ,Windebank AJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:The values obtained from two different macro EMG methods were compared, and found to be different. Normally, macro electromyography (EMG) is performed with a modified single fiber (SF) needle using the SF potential as a trigger; a new method recommends a modified concentric needle and triggers on the concentric EMG si...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nix WA,Scherer A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound (US) technique was applied to measure the thickness, cross-sectional area (CSA), and internal structure of the quadriceps muscle in 70- to 80-year-old endurance and power athletes and untrained men. Isometric knee extension strength was higher in the power athletes than in the other groups. The mean values ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sipilä S,Suominen H

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory reflex responses to electrical stimulation of the mental nerve were studied in recordings from single motor units (SMU) in the human masseter muscle. A new analytical technique for spike train data was used. Electrical stimuli were delivered to the mental nerve when the SMU fired with two consecutive inter-...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Graven-Nielsen T,Svensson P,McMillan AS,Arendt-Nielsen L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (LGMD2A) is an autosomal-recessive disorder characterized by selective atrophy and progressive weakness of proximal girdle muscles. LGMD2A, the most prevalent form of LGMD, is caused by mutations in the CAPN3 gene that encodes the skeletal muscle-specific member of the calpain fa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hermanová M,Zapletalová E,Sedlácková J,Chrobáková T,Letocha O,Kroupová I,Zámecník J,Vondrácek P,Mazanec R,Maríková T,Vohánka S,Fajkusová L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the force output produced by variable frequency, short-duration trains (VFTs) of electrical pulses with the forces produced by constant frequency, short-duration trains (CFTs). Human quadriceps femoris muscle was stimulated with a 300-msec train of pulses once every second for 180 seconds. Each sub...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Binder-Macleod SA,Barker CB 3rd

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility has been raised that in familial periodic paralysis, the relatively large depolarization of the muscle fiber membrane seen during periods of paralysis might be attributable to a reduction in activity of the electrogenic Na(+)-K+ pump. The theoretical analysis presented here shows that although such hyp...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Martin AR,Levinson SR

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

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：:The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with demyelinating neurological disease, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome or multiple sclerosis, contains factors that inhibit the excitatory Na+ current. Such antiexcitatory factors are occasionally also detectable in CSF from patients with other neurological diseases but were...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Brinkmeier H,Seewald MJ,Wollinsky KH,Rüdel R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denervation induces muscle fiber atrophy and changes in the gene expression rates of skeletal muscle. Electrical stimulation (ES) is a procedure generally used to treat denervated muscles in humans. This study evaluated the effect of ES based on chronaxie and rheobase on the expression of the myoD and atrogin-1 genes ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Russo TL,Peviani SM,Freria CM,Gigo-Benato D,Geuna S,Salvini TF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The latency fluctuation of single motor unit potentials (MUPH) in the H-reflex is greater than the latency fluctuation of MUPs in the direct (MUPM) and recurrent (MUPF) responses. This has been attributed to the variability in the impulse generation at the site of nerve stimulation, and to the variation in the synapti...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Soliven B,Maselli RA

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) received immune globulin intravenous, 10% caprylate/chromatography purified (IGIV-C, Gamunex; n=59) or placebo (n=58) every 3 weeks for up to 24 weeks (first period) in a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, response-conditional, crossover stu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bril V,Katzberg H,Donofrio P,Banach M,Dalakas MC,Deng C,Hanna K,Hartung HP,Hughes RA,Latov N,Merkies IS,van Doorn PA,ICE Study Group.

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A link between the cardioprotective benefits of pharmacological preconditioning and natural mammalian hibernation is considered to involve the cellular activation of opioid receptors and subsequent opening of K(ATP) channels. In previous studies, we have demonstrated the protective effects of specific delta-opioid ago...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hong J,Sigg DC,Coles JA Jr,Oeltgen PR,Harlow HJ,Soule CL,Iaizzo PA

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:Electron microscopic studies of long-term denervated rat muscles have identified very small, immature myofibers that are believed to arise from detached satellite cells that have fused to form new fibers within the interstitial space. At present, it is unknown whether and to what extent equivalent fibers exist in dene...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Doppler K,Mittelbronn M,Bornemann A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme- and immunohistochemical study has been performed on human masseter muscle spindles. Antibodies selective for different myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms and M-band proteins (M-protein, myomesin, and MM-CK) were used. The expression of these proteins was determined in the different intrafusal fiber types. Nu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Eriksson PO,Butler-Browne GS,Thornell LE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that affect the shape of the so-called "normal cloud" of the turns and amplitude measurements of the electromyographic interference pattern are investigated. As the force of voluntary contraction increases from low to moderate levels, the number of turns in the signal increase faster than does the mean amplitu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nandedkar SD,Sanders DB,Stalberg EV

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00