Ultrasound elastography assessment of the median nerve in leprosy patients.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to determine the patterns of responses for the electromyographic (EMG) amplitude vs. oxygen uptake ( V̇O2 ) relationships from muscles of the quadriceps femoris and hamstrings during incremental treadmill running. METHODS:Twelve men volunteered to perform an incremental test to e...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Camic CL,Kovacs AJ,Enquist EA,McLain TA,Hill EC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess turns/amplitude analysis (TAA) as an objective alternative to conventional qualitative electromyography (EMG) for detection of myopathy in facial muscles. Normal values of TAA parameters were calculated in the frontalis and mentalis muscles of 26 control subjects. We estimated t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Karandreas N,Kararizou E,Papagianni A,Zambelis T,Kokotis P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We aimed to investigate whether sonographic peripheral cross-sectional nerve area (CSA) and progranulin (PGRN), a neuritic growth factor, are related to each other and whether they interact to predict clinical and paraclinical measures in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:We included 55 ALS pat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schreiber S,Debska-Vielhaber G,Abdulla S,Machts J,Schreiber F,Kropf S,KÖrtvelyessy P,KÖrner S,Kollewe K,Petri S,Dengler R,Kunz WS,Nestor PJ,Vielhaber S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization of viable biological nerve graft substitutes and nerve allografts raises the problem of nerve storage. To clarify this, rat sciatic nerve segments were harvested and stored in Dulbecco's modified eagle medium. The segments were divided into three groups. In the first group, no cryoprotectant was added,...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fansa H,Lassner F,Kook PH,Keilhoff G,Schneider W

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:Ultrastructural, biochemical, and electrophysiological analyses were done on 12-14-month-old mice deficient for myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) to further characterize the neuropathy that develops as they age. Electron microscopy demonstrated normal myelin compaction and axonal degeneration in a large number of m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weiss MD,Luciano CA,Quarles RH

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：: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 muscle-specific helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factors myoD, myogenin, MRF4, and myf-5 are called the muscle regulatory factor family (MRF). Levels of MRFs are strongly regulated by muscle electrical activity and are thought to control downstream genes that are important for muscle phenotype such as the acet...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carlsen H,Gundersen K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study, we questioned whether local cooling of muscle or heating involving core and muscle temperatures are the main indicators for force variability. METHODS:Ten volunteers performed a 2-min maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) of the knee extensors under control (CON) conditions after passive heat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Brazaitis M,Skurvydas A,Pukėnas K,Daniuseviciūtė L,Mickevicienė D,Solianik R

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-month-old boy with hypotonia at birth succumbed to a congenital myopathy. The major finding in his muscle biopsy corresponded to I-Z-I complexes described previously in embryonic skeletal muscle. A few previous myopathy cases have described findings suggestive of I-Z-I-like complexes. A mutation affecting mononucl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rhodes RH,Sharer LR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the clinical features of patients with femoral neuropathy and the factors that influence the prognosis. Of 80 consecutive patients referred for neurophysiological evaluations of proximal lower limb weakness, 32 fulfilled strict inclusion criteria and had adequate information, including estimates of ax...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuntzer T,van Melle G,Regli F

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:Epstein-Barr virus infection can affect both the central and peripheral nervous system. In some patients this occurs concurrently. Two patients are presented with encephalopathy and acute quadriparesis with diminished reflexes. Positive serology for Epstein-Barr virus was found in both patients. Both patients had a ce...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Morgenlander JC

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-carnitine stimulated CO2 production from 1-14C pyruvate in mitochondria from human skeletal muscle nearly twofold. A comparable increase in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) activity was seen. Moreover, in the presence of L-carnitine and at pyruvate concentration greater than 0.25 mM, this effect was associa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Uziel G,Garavaglia B,Di Donato S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Conduction block (CB) has been included in the Rajabally criteria for axonal Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Because the nerve roots may be affected early in GBS, detection of proximal CB by the triple stimulation technique (TST) can be useful. METHODS:We describe TST findings in 2 patients who presented w...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Taieb G,Grapperon AM,Duclos Y,Franques J,Labauge P,Renard D,Yuki N,Attarian S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fastest median and ulnar velocities derived by recording motor and mixed nerve action potentials, F waves, H-reflexes, and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were compared. H-reflex recording was facilitated by employing selective group Ia excitation during voluntary muscular contraction. Mixed nerve, SEP, and...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Eisen A,Hoirch M,White J,Calne D

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated interrater reliability of overall assessment of nerve root lesions by electrodiagnostic testing (EDX) in neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP). METHODS:Two blinded, board-certified reviewers retrospectively reviewed de-identified EDX data from 37 infants with NBPP for 2005-2012. Only nerve...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Spires MC,Brown SM,Chang KW,Leonard JA,Yang LJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to describe the therapeutic effects of immunomodulatory therapy in 3 patients with childhood autoimmune necrotizing myopathy with anti-signal recognition particle antibodies (SRP-ANM). METHODS:Before treatment, data on clinical features, muscle pathology, and thigh MRIs were obta...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zhao Y,Liu X,Zhang W,Yuan Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：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:In this study we aimed to clarify whether muscle ultrasound (US) of the forearm can be used to differentiate between patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) and those with s-IBM-mimicking diseases. METHODS:We compared the echo intensity (EI) of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscle an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Noto Y,Shiga K,Tsuji Y,Kondo M,Tokuda T,Mizuno T,Nakagawa M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Human normal (RCMH) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (RCDMD) cell lines, as well as newly developed normal and dystrophic murine cell lines, were used for the study of both changes in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) mass and IP3 binding to receptors. Basal levels of IP3 were increased two- to threefold in dystrophic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Liberona JL,Powell JA,Shenoi S,Petherbridge L,Caviedes R,Jaimovich E

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was done on 222 consecutive new patients referred to our pediatric muscle clinic to assess the diagnostic value of ultrasound imaging. Ultrasound scans were interpreted without knowledge of clinical presentation or results of other tests. Muscular dystrophy produced a brightly speckled pattern of i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Heckmatt JZ,Pier N,Dubowitz V

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, pathologic, and genetic findings of a boy with intranuclear nemaline rod myopathy are described. Serial muscle biopsies revealed myocyte nuclei containing inclusions that were immunoreactive for alpha-actinin and increased with age. Genetic analysis revealed a Val163Leu ACTA1 mutation previously associat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kaimaktchiev V,Goebel H,Laing N,Narus M,Weeks D,Nixon R

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：: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：:Muscle makes up the largest tissue volume of the body, yet its size makes muscle-specific therapy difficult. This becomes particularly relevant when approaches to gene therapy for inherited myopathies are evaluated. Thus, a mechanism to target constructs or pharmaceuticals to muscle following intravenous injection wou...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Samoylova TI,Smith BF

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The morphological characteristics of skeletal muscles innervated caudal to a spinal cord injury (SCI) undergo dramatic phenotypic and microvascular changes. METHOD:Female Sprague-Dawley rats received a severe contusion at thoracic level 9/10 and were randomly assigned to locomotor training, epidural stimu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kissane RWP,Wright O,Al'Joboori YD,Marczak P,Ichiyama RM,Egginton S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00