Detecting fasciculations in cranial nerve innervated muscles with ultrasound in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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：INTRODUCTION:X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM), characterized by severe hypotonia, weakness, respiratory distress, and early mortality, is rare and natural history studies are few. METHODS:RECENSUS is a multicenter chart review of male XLMTM patients characterizing disease burden and unmet medical needs. Data were ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Beggs AH,Byrne BJ,De Chastonay S,Haselkorn T,Hughes I,James ES,Kuntz NL,Simon J,Swanson LC,Yang ML,Yu ZF,Yum SW,Prasad S

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Muscle weakness, studied in 4 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), was compared with values from normal subjects. Twitch occlusion showed that normal subjects could activate their muscles maximally, but patients rarely achieved greater than 60% activation. In both groups, motoneuron firing rates increased linearly w...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rice CL,Vollmer TL,Bigland-Ritchie B

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:Two brothers with the childhood variant of type II glycogenosis (GSD-IIb) treated with nutrition and exercise therapy (NET) from a young age showed an unusually benign course. Muscle biopsy from the older brother, which showed characteristic vacuolar glycogen accumulation at age 2, had reverted to normal by age 16. A ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Slonim AE,Bulone L,Minikes J,Hays AP,Shanske S,Tsujino S,DiMauro S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study sought to estimate the global prevalence of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-FAP). METHODS:Prevalence estimates and information supporting prevalence calculations was extracted from records yielded by reference-database searches (2005-2016), conference proceedings, and nonpee...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schmidt HH,Waddington-Cruz M,Botteman MF,Carter JA,Chopra AS,Hopps M,Stewart M,Fallet S,Amass L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Median neuropathies proximal to the wrist are uncommon and usually result from penetrating injuries, fracture dislocation of the distal humerus, or compression by fibrous bands. A 66-year-old man suffered a comminuted fracture of the proximal humerus after a fall. Electrodiagnostic studies revealed a severe proximal m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Veilleux M,Richardson P

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sepsis often causes diaphragm contractile dysfunction. Dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRα1s and DHPRα1c) and ryanodine receptors (RyR1, RyR2, and RyR3) are essential for excitation-contraction coupling in striated muscles. However, their expression in diaphragm during sepsis have not been explored. METHODS:...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jiao GY,Hao LY,Gao CE,Chen L,Sun XF,Yang HL,Li Y,Dai YN

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to determine whether patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) manifest changes in early-stage motor function and to investigate the utility of a gyrosensor for quantitative evaluation of motor function. METHODS:Angular velocity signal was measured during finger tapping in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Seok HY,Kim JW,Kim YH,Park MH,Kwon DY

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obese individuals have slowed conduction in the median nerve across the wrist, but the mechanism for this is not established. This case-control study of 27 obese subjects and 16 thin subjects was designed to test the hypothesis that obese individuals have higher carpal canal pressures and more median nerve swelling th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Werner RA,Jacobson JA,Jamadar DA

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:This study compares the acute and chronic response of high-load resistance training (HL) to low-load resistance training with low blood flow restriction (LL-BFR) pressure. METHODS:Participants completed elbow flexion with either HL or LL-BFR or nonexercise. In the chronic study, participants in the HL and...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kim D,Loenneke JP,Ye X,Bemben DA,Beck TW,Larson RD,Bemben MG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The motor end-plate fine structure and distribution of junctional acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) were studied. Morphometric analysis was carried out in 74 end-plates (92 innervated and 47 denuded postsynaptic regions) from 10 patients with ALS. AChR was studied by ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tsujihata M,Hazama R,Yoshimura T,Satoh A,Mori M,Nagataki S

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Information related to the long-term follow-up of neuropathy in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation is still scarce. METHODS:We describe the neuropathic features of 3 patients with the transthyretin Val30Met mutation. Each patient underwent liver transplantation at an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koike H,Hashimoto R,Tomita M,Kawagashira Y,Iijima M,Nakamura T,Watanabe H,Kamei H,Kiuchi T,Sobue G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), present in high concentrations in the mammalian spinal cord, exerts excitatory effects on the alpha-motorneuron (AMN) via axodendritic contacts. We used the neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) to deplete TRH from the ventral horn of the spinal cord of adult rats to determi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Van den Bergh P,Kelly JJ Jr,Adelman L,Munsat TL,Jackson IM,Lechan RM

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：:Superimposed electrical stimulation techniques can be used to detect central activation failure (CAF), that is, incomplete central nervous system recruitment or suboptimal activation of motor units. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of two stimulation parameters on perceived discomfort and torque i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miller M,Downham D,Lexell J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of contractile protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy could result from low rates of synthesis, abnormally high rates of protein degradation, or a combination of both. We measured overall protein degradation rates in cultured human muscle cells obtained at biopsy from patients with Duchenne dystrophy or vario...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Neville HE,Harrold S

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bariatric surgical procedures are increasingly common. In this review, we characterize the neurologic complications of such procedures, including their mechanisms, frequency, and prognosis. Literature review yielded 50 case reports of 96 patients with neurologic symptoms after bariatric procedures. The most common pre...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koffman BM,Greenfield LJ,Ali II,Pirzada NA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We evaluated the contribution of denervation-related molecular processes to rotator cuff muscle degeneration after tendon release. METHODS:We assessed the levels of myogenic (myogenin and myogenic differentiation factor [myoD]) and proadipogenic (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ) transcription...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Flück M,Valdivieso P,Ruoss S,von Rechenberg B,Benn MC,Meyer DC,Wieser K,Gerber C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that patients with mitochondrial myopathies can benefit from short-term aerobic exercise training. In this study, we compared the responses to short-term aerobic training of patients with mitochondrial myopathies, patients with nonmetabolic myopathies, and sedentary normal subjects. Tra...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Taivassalo T,De Stefano N,Chen J,Karpati G,Arnold DL,Argov Z

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disappointing functional recovery following peripheral nerve repair can be improved by neurotrophic growth factors. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is unique in that it has independent neurotrophic and myotrophic actions. The aim of this study was to explain this finding by establishing the existence of anterograde a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bennett TM,Dowsing BJ,Austin L,Messina A,Nicola NA,Morrison WA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we estimated the costs paid by U.S. health plans for treating myasthenia gravis (MG) in 2009 and determined the major cost drivers. METHODS:One hundred thirteen MG patients were matched by propensity scores with 339 non-MG patients from a comprehensive health-care insurance database. The mea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guptill JT,Sharma BK,Marano A,Soucy A,Krueger A,Sanders DB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a degenerative disease of skeletal, respiratory, and cardiac muscles caused by defects in the dystrophin gene. More recently, brain involvement has been verified. Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress may underlie the pathophysiology of DMD. In this study we ev...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Comim CM,Hoepers A,Ventura L,Freiberger V,Dominguini D,Mina F,Mendonça BP,Scaini G,Vainzof M,Streck EL,Quevedo J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic costs of force generation were compared for constant-frequency and catchlike-inducing electrical stimulation. Repetitive catchlike-inducing trains consisted of 2 interpulse intervals (IPIs) at 12.5 ms, 1 IPI at 25 ms, and 5 IPIs at 50 ms. Constant-frequency trains consisted of 8 IPIs at 37.5 ms. One train wa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ratkevicius A,Quistorff B

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) occurs when symptoms of myotonic dystrophy present at birth. In this study we evaluated the relationship between physical function, muscle mass, and age to provide an assessment of the disease and help prepare for therapeutic trials. METHODS:CDM participants performed t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pucillo EM,Dibella DL,Hung M,Bounsanga J,Crockett B,Dixon M,Butterfield RJ,Campbell C,Johnson NE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a suprasegmental influence on the masseter reflex (MassR) in animals, which is mediated via the fifth nerve spinal nucleus (5SpN). Corresponding data in humans are lacking. Out of 268 prospectively recruited patients with clinical signs of acute brainstem infarctions, we identified 38 with magnetic resonance ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thömke F,Marx JJ,Cruccu G,Stoeter P,Hopf HC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) has potent survival-promoting effects on motor neurons in vitro and in vivo and may be effective in treating motor neuron diseases (MND). We investigated the effects of CT-1 treatment in wobbler mouse MND. Wobbler mice were randomly assigned to receive subcutaneously injected CT-1 (1 mg/kg, n = ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mitsumoto H,Klinkosz B,Pioro EP,Tsuzaka K,Ishiyama T,O'Leary RM,Pennica D

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00