AAEE case report #18: Ulnar neuropathy in the distal forearm.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Livedoid vasculopathy is a rare dermatological condition characterized by painful ulceration, atrophic scarring, and persistent livedo reticularis. The pathogenesis is unclear. METHODS:We report a patient with biopsy-proven livedoid vasculopathy who developed a progressive sensory ganglionopathy with prof...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alix JJ,Hadjivassiliou M,Ali R,Slater D,Messenger AG,Rao DG

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes nerve conduction studies of the deep temporal nerve (DTN) and the mylohyoid nerve (MHN) motor branches of the trigeminal nerve. These nerves were stimulated intraorally with a pediatric surface stimulator. Compound muscle action potentials were recorded over the temporalis and mylohyoid muscles ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dillingham TR,Spellman NT,Chang AS

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Few data are available to quantify the risks and benefits of microvascular decompression (MVD) in elderly patients with hemifacial spasm. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients >65 years of age and 104 younger patients who underwent MVD for hemifacial spasm (HFS) over a 3-year period were analyzed retrospectively ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sekula RF Jr,Frederickson AM,Arnone GD,Quigley MR,Hallett M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Voltage-gated Kv1 potassium channel complex (VGKC) autoantibodies subtyped for leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1), contactin-associated-proteinlike 2 (CASPR2), and Kv IgGs have a spectrum of neurological presentations. Painful polyneuropathy is seen in some patients, but nerve pathology descriptions ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lahoria R,Pittock SJ,Gadoth A,Engelstad JK,Lennon VA,Klein CJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate different methods of estimating muscle inactivation, derived from single and multiple voluntary contractions. Ten subjects performed maximal and submaximal leg extensor contractions to determine an interpolation (IT) or central activation ratio (CAR). A superimposed evoke...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Behm D,Power K,Drinkwater E

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：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：: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：:To define numerically the clinical severity of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), we developed a protocol that quantifies muscle weakness by combining the functional evaluation of six muscle groups affected in this disease. To validate reproducibility of the protocol, 69 patients were recruited. Each patie...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lamperti C,Fabbri G,Vercelli L,D'Amico R,Frusciante R,Bonifazi E,Fiorillo C,Borsato C,Cao M,Servida M,Greco F,Di Leo R,Volpi L,Manzoli C,Cudia P,Pastorello E,Ricciardi L,Siciliano G,Galluzzi G,Rodolico C,Santoro L

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied histopathological changes in the biceps brachii muscle in relation to age and the degree of muscle weakness in 64 patients (aged 11-59 years) with myotonic dystrophy. The proportion of type 1 fibers was unaltered in the adolescent patients compared with control values, but increased with age. The average di...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tohgi H,Kawamorita A,Utsugisawa K,Yamagata M,Sano M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatine kinase (CK) activity, calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) contents of skeletal muscle and isolated mitochondria, as well as oxidative phosphorylation of X-linked muscular dystrophic (mdx) mice were compared with normal control animals at ages 5, 10, and 23 weeks. Serum CK is elevated in mdx mice at all ages...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Glesby MJ,Rosenmann E,Nylen EG,Wrogemann K

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:We report a family with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), showing an early-onset and a fatal outcome before age 30. Transthyretin (TTR) gene analysis showed one point mutation (T-->C change) in the second base of codon 55, and the corresponding amino acid substitution of proline (Pro) for leucine (Leu) was confir...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Yamamoto K,Hsu SP,Yoshida K,Ikeda S,Nakazato M,Shiomi K,Cheng SY,Furihata K,Ueno I,Yanagisawa N

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether the modulatory effects of segmental and descending inputs on the soleus H reflex are modified by postural conditions. Fourteen healthy volunteers received a transcranial magnetic stimulus (TMS) or percutaneous electrical stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve (PTN), preceding by 0 to 400 ms ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Goulart F,Valls-Solé J,Alvarez R

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:Inflammatory myopathies (IMs) occur relatively frequently in dogs, and, with the exception of masticatory muscle myositis (MMM), have not been characterized. This study analyzed the distribution and types of cellular infiltrates in 21 cases of generalized IM, 3 cases of focal IM (MMM), and 1 case with features of both...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pumarola M,Moore PF,Shelton GD

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:In muscle of whole animals, pituitary growth hormone, the thyroid hormones, and insulin are major growth-promoting hormones, and the glucocorticoids have significant catabolic actions. At the cellular level the primary anabolic hormones for cultured myoblasts are the somatomedins (insulin-like growth factors) and fibr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Florini JR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Two previously reported Norwegian patients with painful muscle cramps and giant myotonic discharges were genotyped and compared with those of members of 21 families harboring the same mutation. METHODS:Using primers specific for SCN4A and CLCN1, the DNA of the Norwegian family members was amplified and bi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Torbergsen T,Jurkat-Rott K,Stålberg EV,Løseth S,Hødneø A,Lehmann-Horn F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:While current exercise guidelines recommend progressive, high-intensity resistance training (RT) to promote muscle hypertrophy and strength gains, controversy exists regarding the efficacy of lighter-load RT. We compared 2 work-matched RT interventions that differed in training intensity. METHODS:Fifteen ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alegre LM,Aguado X,Rojas-Martín D,Martín-García M,Ara I,Csapo R

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：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 myogenic regulatory factor MyoD plays an important role in embryonic and adult skeletal muscle growth. Even though it is best known as a marker for activated satellite cells, it is also expressed in myonuclei, and its expression can be induced by a variety of different conditions. Several model systems have been u...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Legerlotz K,Smith HK

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Peripheral nerve injuries (PNI) are among the leading causes of physical disability in the United States. The majority of injuries occur in the upper extremities, and functional recovery is often limited. Robust animal models are critical first steps for developing effective therapies to restore function a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Meyers EC,Granja R,Solorzano BR,Romero-Ortega M,Kilgard MP,Rennaker RL 2nd,Hays S

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Sprengel's deformity is the most common congenital deformity of the shoulder. A known complication of correcting this deformity is brachial plexus palsy. In this study we used somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) monitoring during correction of a Sprengel's deformity and identified an early iatrogenic brachial plexus...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shea KG,Apel PJ,Showalter LD,Bell WL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intensive care unit (ICU) patients often develop weakness. Rehabilitation is initiated early to prevent physical deterioration, but knowledge of optimal training schedules is lacking. A reliable method to assess muscle activity during exercise is needed. In this study we explored the feasibility of electri...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sommers J,Van Den Boorn M,Engelbert RHH,Nollet F,Van Der Schaaf M,Horn J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) is one of the major muscles involved in producing abnormal head position in cervical dystonia patients. This study tested whether doxorubicin chemomyectomy, direct injection of doxorubicin into the SCM to permanently remove muscle fibers, has the potential to be a nonsurgical, perm...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： McLoon LK,Falkenberg JH,Dykstra D,Iaizzo PA

更新日期：1998-11-01 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