Health services received by individuals with duchenne/becker muscular dystrophy.

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：INTRODUCTION:The Accurate Test of Limb Isometric Strength (ATLIS) device can reliably measure the strength of 12 muscle groups using a fixed load cell. The purpose of this study was to analyze ATLIS data from healthy adults to calculate an individual's predicted strength scores. METHODS:ATLIS data were collected from ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Andres PL,English R,Mendoza M,Florence J,Malkus E,Schierbecker J,Siener C,Malspeis S,Schoenfeld DA,Munsat TL,Cudkowicz ME

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes) have an A-->G mutation at nucleotide 3243 in mitochondrial transfer (t)RNA. To date there have only been 10 reported cases of MELAS syndrome in patients with a T-->C mutation at position 3271...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tarnopolsky MA,Maguire J,Myint T,Applegarth D,Robinson BH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who experienced progressive diplopia and distal weakness of the upper limbs. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed extensive white matter lesions and analysis of cerebrospinal fluid revealed acute human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection. Myasthenia gravis (MG) was evidenced by...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lalive PH,Allali G,Truffert A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipid methylation is thought to modulate such vital cellular processes as calcium transport, receptor function, and membrane microviscosity. As these processes are fundamental to the function of muscle cells and are thought to be altered in disease states, we have characterized several features of phospholipid ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuncl RW,Drachman DB,Kishimoto Y

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sisters presented with distal weakness and their muscle biopsy was dystrophic. This distal muscular dystrophy has an autosomal recessive inheritance and its features are somewhat different from the more common autosomal dominant distal muscular dystrophy and include: a) onset in early adult life; b) involvement of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Scoppetta C,Vaccario ML,Casali C,Di Trapani G,Mennuni G

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of an 8-week resistance training program on force steadiness and common drive for the vastus lateralis muscle. Eight untrained men performed a resistance training program. Before the program and at the end of each week, the subjects performed a trapezoid isome...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Beck TW,Defreitas JM,Stock MS,Dillon MA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of chronic distal sensorimotor neuropathy are described in patients with neurofibromatosis. One had type 2 or central neurofibromatosis with a chromosome 22 deletion; the precise form of the disease was not established in the other two. A striking clinical feature was a diffuse nodular enlargement of the p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thomas PK,King RH,Chiang TR,Scaravilli F,Sharma AK,Downie AW

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:Immunocytochemical analysis of muscle specimens from 5 patients with acute quadriplegic myopathy indictes that depletion of either fast or slow myosin occurs in this disorder. The initial lesion consists of focal myosin loss in nonatrophic fibers. Other structural proteins (actin, titin, nebulin) are spared or affecte...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Showalter CJ,Engel AG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Statins have well-known benefits on cardiovascular mortality, though up to 15% of patients experience side effects. With guidelines from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and American Diabetes Association expected to double the number of statin users, the overall incidence of ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rengo JL,Callahan DM,Savage PD,Ades PA,Toth MJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A middle-aged male developed a right posterior femoral cutaneous neuralgia that persisted for 10 years without any associated neurologic, electrophysiologic, or radiologic findings. Five years after onset, surgical exploration of the subgluteal area identified a venous malformation surrounding the nerve. The syndrome ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chutkow JG

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the recording site on the motor unit potentials (MUPs) was investigated in the brachial biceps muscle of 8 healthy subjects. The MUPs were recorded with a concentric needle electrode and analyzed with a new decomposition EMG program we call multi-MUP analysis. MUPs had shorter durations and smaller am...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Falck B,Stålberg E,Bischoff C

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological changes of the subneural apparatus (SNA) during denervation and reinnervation are demonstrated using the hamster peroneus longus muscle. One week after nerve section, synaptic grooves (SGs) were more shallow, with lowered sarcoplasmic ridges. After 4 weeks, the whole SNA area was elevated above the sarco...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Matsuda Y,Oki S,Kitaoka K,Nagano Y,Nojima M,Desaki J

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle biopsy and computerized tomography indicated that unilateral enlargement of the gastrocnemius muscle in a 12-year-old girl was the result of an infiltrating lipoma. This rare condition may cause diagnostic confusion before EMG and muscle biopsy studies are performed, but it can be readily distinguished from oth...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fetell MR,Duffy PE,Rowland LP

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Widespread musculoskeletal pain is a well-known symptom of myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2), but so far it has been addressed in only a few studies. METHODS:A postal survey for all traceable DM2 patients (n = 132) was conducted. A specific questionnaire, and severity and interference subscales of the Brief...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Suokas KI,Haanpää M,Kautiainen H,Udd B,Hietaharju AJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, or statins, are widely used drugs for hyperlipidemia and are generally well-tolerated, but the can produce skeletal muscle toxicity. The molecular mechanisms driving statin myopathy are unknown. We investigated the effects of statin treatment...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hubal MJ,Reich KA,De Biase A,Bilbie C,Clarkson PM,Hoffman EP,Thompson PD

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case reports and open-label studies suggest that coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) treatment may have beneficial effects in mitochondrial disease patients; however, controlled trials are warranted to clinically prove its effectiveness. Thirty patients with mitochondrial cytopathy received 1200 mg/day CoQ(10) for 60 days in a r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Glover EI,Martin J,Maher A,Thornhill RE,Moran GR,Tarnopolsky MA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Improving axonal outgrowth and remyelination is crucial for peripheral nerve regeneration. Miconazole appears to enhance remyelination in the central nervous system. In this study we assess the effect of miconazole on axonal regeneration using a sciatic nerve crush injury model in rats. METHODS:Fifty Spra...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lin T,Qiu S,Yan L,Zhu S,Zheng C,Zhu Q,Liu X

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nosologic distinction between paramyotonia congenita and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is somewhat blurred. Muscle membrane inexcitability induced by cooling seems to be characteristic of paramyotonia congenita. The effect of cooling on the maximal compound muscle action potential (CMAP) in patients with paramyo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Subramony SH,Wee AS,Mishra SK

更新日期：1986-10-01 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：:Studies using quantitative sensory testing (QST) often present incongruent results due to intra- and intersubject as well as interobserver variability which limit widespread use of the technique. Eliminating or reducing the factors responsible for this variability is of great interest, as it increases reliability and ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pavlaković G,Klinke I,Pavlaković H,Züchner K,Zapf A,Bachmann CG,Graf BM,Crozier TA

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:CNS conduction and autonomic nervous function were investigated in 15 patients with HMSN I. Central motor conduction time (CMCT) was estimated with magnetic brain stimulation and electrical nerve root stimulation. Somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) and visual evoked potential (VEP) were used for assessment of centra...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Solders G,Andersson T,Persson A

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate in control subjects the effect of imagery training on the torque of plantar-flexor muscles of the ankle. Twenty-nine subjects were allocated to one of three groups that performed either imagery training, low-intensity strength training, or no training (only measurements). The l...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zijdewind I,Toering ST,Bessem B,Van Der Laan O,Diercks RL

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Skin-derived precursor cells (SKPs) are neural crest progenitor cells that can attain a Schwann cell-like phenotype through in vitro techniques (SKP-SCs). We hypothesized that SKP-SCs could produce mature myelin and, in doing so, facilitate the recovery of a focal demyelination injury. METHODS:We unilater...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Grochmal J,Dhaliwal S,Stys PK,van Minnen J,Midha R

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by recurrent mononeuropathies or brachial plexopathies, commonly associated with a chromosome 17p11.2-12 deletion encompassing the peripheral myelin protein-22 (PMP22) gene. We tried to identify criteria dis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pareyson D,Solari A,Taroni F,Botti S,Fallica E,Scaioli V,Ciano C,Sghirlanzoni A

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We studied the functional effects of combined strength and aerobic anti-gravity training in severely affected patients with Becker and Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophies. METHODS:Eight patients performed 10-week progressive combined strength (squats, calf raises, lunges) and aerobic (walk/run, jogging in pl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jensen BR,Berthelsen MP,Husu E,Christensen SB,Prahm KP,Vissing J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00