Maximal isometric muscle strength values obtained By hand-held dynamometry in children between 6 and 15 years of age.

abstract：:We propose a comprehensive model of spastic hypertonia based on clinical neurophysiology and validated using experimental data obtained from the pendulum test of the leg in 8 healthy volunteers and 15 spastic patients. This nonlinear computational model includes mechanical parameters and a stretch reflex representatio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Le Cavorzin P,Poudens SA,Chagneau F,Carrault G,Allain H,Rochcongar P

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of muscle involvement in TSP/HAM is not known, nor is the precise role that HTLV-1 and the diverse cytokines play in the genesis of HTLV-1-associated diseases. In order to better define the frequency and characteristics of the skeletal muscle involvement in TSP/HAM, we studied 11 affected patients. EMG w...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gabbai AA,Wiley CA,Oliveira AS,Smith R,Schmidt B,Nóbrega JA,Bordin JO,Román GC

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Upper motor neuron disorders are believed to leave the peripheral nervous system (PNS) intact. In this study we examined whether there is evidence of PNS involvement in spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS:Twelve subjects with chronic low cervical or thoracic SCI were included prospectively. Needle electromy...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tankisi H,Pugdahl K,Rasmussen MM,Clemmensen D,Rawashdeh YF,Christensen P,Krogh K,Fuglsang-Frederiksen A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring of the spinal cord has traditionally been done by recording somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP). There is a risk that SEPs can be unaltered when significant injury to the anterior spinal cord has occurred. The purpose of this report is to describe a simple technique for...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Phillips LH 2nd,Blanco JS,Sussman MD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bifacial weakness with paresthesias is a rare subtype of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), characterized by facial diplegia in the absence of any other cranial neuropathies, limb weakness, or ataxia. Frequently, patients also complain of distal limb paresthesias before or at the time they develop facial weakn...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Morgan C,Fuller G,Wakerley BR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle involvement can occur at all stages of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and may represent the first manifestation of the disease. Myopathies in HIV-infected patients are classified as follows: (1) HIV-associated myopathies and related conditions, including HIV polymyositis, inclusion-body ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Authier FJ,Chariot P,Gherardi RK

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:In order to further characterize and provide a possible mechanism for the asymmetrical involvement of forearm muscles in inclusion body myositis (IBM), we measured isometric hand and pinch grip strength, and forearm muscle girth on 15 IBM patients. Forearm muscle strength and girth were significantly greater on the do...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Felice KJ,Relva GM,Conway SR

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hindlimb ischemia for 4 h, followed by reperfusion, resulted in necrosis of most soleus muscle in euthyroid rats, whereas only slight damage occurred in hypothyroid rats. Muscle repair after transection of the tibialis anterior muscle of hypothyroid rats showed delayed debris removal, initial retardation of myotube fo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ozawa J,Kawamata S,Kurosaki T,Iwamizu Y,Matsuura N,Abiko S,Kai S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether various myelin markers could detect pathological changes in myelination, the activity of 2'-3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNP) and the level of PO protein were compared in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) of the dystrophic mouse and chicken and their phenotypically normal sibling...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lewis LN,Mezei C

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensor of the second digit of the chicken wing (EDII) is a small, fast-twitch muscle susceptible to chicken muscular dystrophy and well suited for correlated studies of the morphology and physiology of identified nerve and muscle fibers. In cross section, the dystrophic EDII shows morphological abnormalities com...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gunther JS,Letinsky MS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) is a common peripheral compression neuropathy and, in most cases, occurs at 2 sites, the retroepicondylar groove or the cubital tunnel. With regard to a potential therapeutic approach with perineural corticosteroid injection, the aim of this study was to evaluate the dis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hamscha UM,Tinhofer I,Heber S,Grisold W,Weninger WJ,Meng S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is a useful tool in the treatment of a variety of neuromuscular disorders. Though IVIg therapy is generally safe, hemolytic anemia is a potentially serious complication that is often overlooked, and is currently not listed in product inserts. We analyzed 45 patients who received IVIg ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wilson JR,Bhoopalam H,Fisher M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are motor neuron diseases. Sensory impairment is sometimes observed, and electrophysiological involvement has been described in the sensory nerves of SBMA patients. We hypothesized that a sensory nerve conduction study (NCS) ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hama T,Hirayama M,Hara T,Nakamura T,Atsuta N,Banno H,Suzuki K,Katsuno M,Tanaka F,Sobue G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study some particular and puzzling aspects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are discussed, with an emphasis on the role of neocortical evolution. Other issues explored include the nature of the clinical deficit in ALS; anatomical and evolutionary aspects of the neocortex, motor cortex, and corpus callosu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Eisen A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man developed multifocal radicular pain. The diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis was delayed until bifacial paresis and right lower abdominal wall weakness developed, prompting further evaluation. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination showed aseptic meningitis. Antibodies directed against Borrelia burgdor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Krishnamurthy KB,Liu GT,Logigian EL

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise intolerance with myalgia, muscle stiffness, and recurrent rhabdomyolysis due to mutations in the DMD gene can mimic metabolic myopathies leading to delayed or inaccurate diagnoses. In this retrospective chart review, we report 3 unrelated boys with exertional myalgia, muscle stiffness, myoglobinuria, and norm...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Veerapandiyan A,Shashi V,Jiang YH,Gallentine WB,Schoch K,Smith EC

更新日期：2010-12-01 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:Hand-held dynamometry (HHD) is commonly used to measure ankle plantarflexion strength but has variable reliability measuring higher forces. Fixed HHD is suggested to improve reliability. We, therefore, compared the reliability, consistency, and accuracy of measuring plantarflexion strength. METHODS:Planta...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Davis PR,McKay MJ,Baldwin JN,Burns J,Pareyson D,Rose KJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

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：: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:Ulnar nerve displacement at the elbow causes overestimation of nerve conduction velocity. We hypothesized that this overestimation may cause false-negative results when the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) diagnostic criteria are used. METHODS:We investigated 9 ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Won SJ,Yoon JS,Kim JY,Kim SJ,Jeong JS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several monoclonal antibodies (mcAbs) elicited against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) from Torpedo react also with skeletal muscle AChR. Such mcAbs were used to define antigenic determinants on muscle AChR and to elucidate their effect on muscle AChR functions. Primary chick muscle cultures were used as a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Souroujon MC,Mochly-Rosen D,Gordon AS,Fuchs S

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Venous access for therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in myasthenia gravis (MG) can be achieved by central venous catheters (CVC) or peripheral veins (PV), and the preferred method varies among providers. We evaluated our institutional experience with TPE venous access method and complications. METHODS:We r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guptill JT,Oakley D,Kuchibhatla M,Guidon AC,Hobson-Webb LD,Massey JM,Sanders DB,Juel VC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on the distribution of labeled endogenous proteins in the experimental neuropathies induced by streoptozotocin diabetes, galactose feeding, zinc pyridinethione, 2,5-hexanedione, acrylamide, and p-bromophenylacetylurea (BPAU) have demonstrated an impaired build up of retrogradely transported material der...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jakobsen J,Brimijoin S,Sidenius P

更新日期：1983-02-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Sarcopenia likely comprises muscle fiber denervation and re-innervation, resulting in clustering of muscle fibers of the same type (classified by myosin heavy chain isoform composition). Development of methodology to quantitatively evaluate clustering of muscle fibers according to fiber type is necessary. ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Greising SM,Medina-Martínez JS,Vasdev AK,Sieck GC,Mantilla CB

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to investigate differences in contractile speed, force, and fatigability of the adductor pollicis muscle between 12 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 8 sedentary control subjects matched for age and gender. There were no differences between the patients with MS and control subjects...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： de Ruiter CJ,Jongen PJ,van der Woude LH,de Haan A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-fiber neuropathy is a common disorder. It is often "idiopathic" and typically presents with painful feet in patients over the age of 60. Autoimmune mechanisms are often suspected, but rarely identified. Known causes of small-fiber neuropathy include diabetes mellitus, amyloidosis, toxins, and inherited sensory a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lacomis D

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the thymus in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis (MG), immunohistochemical expression of CD44, CD45R0, B7-1, and IL-2 was studied in: (1) hyperplastic thymuses of patients with MG whose symptoms markedly improved after thymectomy, (2) remnant thymuses of patients with MG whose symptoms di...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Utsugisawa K,Nagane Y,Tohgi H

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00