Thymectomy may not be associated with clinical improvement in MuSK myasthenia gravis.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The ability to distinguish between normal thymus, thymic hyperplasia, and thymoma should aid clinical management and decision making in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). We sought to determine the accuracy of routine imaging in predicting thymic pathology. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed records o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Klimiec E,Quirke M,Leite MI,Hilton-Jones D

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We report preliminary findings of nerve ultrasound in patients with cerebellar ataxia neuropathy vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS) who have sensory impairment due to dorsal root ganglionopathy. METHODS:The ultrasound cross-sectional area (CSA) of median and ulnar nerves of 7 CANVAS patients was compa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pelosi L,Leadbetter R,Mulroy E,Chancellor AM,Mossman S,Roxburgh R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six members originating from two families with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (hypertrophic and neuronal types) were noted to have enlarged calf muscles. Muscle computed tomography revealed that muscle enlargement in the propositus of the family with the hypertrophic type of HMSN was due to an increase in mus...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： De Visser M,Hoogendijk JE,Ongerboer BW,Verbeeten BJ Jr

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a chronic, immune-mediate, peripheral myelinopathy. Inherent in its name, MMN implies involvement of two or more motor nerves. We report three patients with weakness and partial motor conduction block restricted to a single nerve and localized to sites that are not at risk for entr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Felice KJ,Goldstein JM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This was a multicenter, double-blind, randomized clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of electrical stimulation of denervated muscle (ESDM) on recovery of patients with peripheral nerve injuries. METHODS:We enrolled 38 patients with traumatic peripheral nerve injuries with axonal damage and clinical i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Piccinini G,Cuccagna C,Caliandro P,Coraci D,Germanotta M,Pecchioli C,Padua L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Masseter muscle biopsies were obtained from nine patients undergoing orthognatic surgery or surgery for parotid tumors. A detailed enzyme-histochemical and immunocytochemical study of these muscles was performed using antibodies specific to the various isozymes of the myosin heavy chain (MHC) in order to identify the ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Butler-Browne GS,Eriksson PO,Laurent C,Thornell LE

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy of different frequencies and intensities of magnetic stimulation for activating the quadriceps muscles; a painless method for stimulating the quadriceps would be useful in the rehabilitation of patients who have difficulty in voluntarily activating their muscles after injury or surgery. El...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kremenic IJ,Ben-Avi SS,Leonhardt D,McHugh MP

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electrophysiologic study of peripheral nerve excitability was performed in patients with hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HPP) and in normal controls. It was found that a marked degree of neural hyperexcitability existed in all patients with HPP who showed cold sensitivity. The results suggest involvement of the ne...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Segura RP,Petajan JH

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of electrical stimulation of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) on the motoneuron pool of the thigh muscle during voluntary static and dynamic muscle contraction. The study group comprised nine young men with no history of injury to the knee joints. Multistranded Teflon-insulated stain...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fischer-Rasmussen T,Krogsgaard M,Jensen DB,Dyhre-Poulsen P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic body myopathy (CBM) is characterized by proteinaceous inclusion bodies in muscle tissue. A 43-year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive weakness and dysphagia. Electromyography (EMG) elsewhere demonstrated lower-limb chronic partial denervation. Muscle biopsy showed fiber size variation without dia...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Krishnan AV,Pamphlett R,Burke D,Wills EJ,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) subjects ≥5 years with nonsense mutations were followed for 48 weeks in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ataluren. Placebo arm data (N = 57) provided insight into the natural history of the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and other endpoints. ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： McDonald CM,Henricson EK,Abresch RT,Florence JM,Eagle M,Gappmaier E,Glanzman AM,PTC124-GD-007-DMD Study Group.,Spiegel R,Barth J,Elfring G,Reha A,Peltz S

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:During postnatal development of extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle, sodium withdrawal contractures were observed during the first 6 days after birth, and not after this time. In regenerating EDL muscles, zero-Na contractures were demonstrated: (1) 7 days after bupivacaine injection, but not 14 or 90 days after thi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Louboutin JP,Noireaud J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the force output produced by variable frequency, short-duration trains (VFTs) of electrical pulses with the forces produced by constant frequency, short-duration trains (CFTs). Human quadriceps femoris muscle was stimulated with a 300-msec train of pulses once every second for 180 seconds. Each sub...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Binder-Macleod SA,Barker CB 3rd

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breast cancer is exceptionally associated with anti-collapsin response mediator protein 5 (anti-CRMP5) antibody or demyelinating neuropathy. This paraneoplastic antibody is itself not associated with demyelinating neuropathy. METHODS:Herein we describe a patient with a predominantly sensory ataxic demyeli...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Samarasekera S,Rajabally YA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assessed the reliability of hand-held myometry in 33 patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), testing elbow flexion, handgrip, three-point pinch, knee flexion, knee extension, and foot dorsiflexion, and determining intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Interrater reliability was high for upper limbs, ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Merlini L,Mazzone ES,Solari A,Morandi L

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously reported patient presenting sensory-dominant neuropathy with antiganglioside antibodies, bound preferentially to polysialogangliosides including GD1b, was autopsied. While axonal degeneration was predominant in the sural nerve, many demyelinated fibers were present in the spinal roots. Dorsal roots had un...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Obi T,Murakami T,Takatsu M,Kusunoki S,Serizawa M,Mizoguchi K,Koike R,Nishimura Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied the singular value decomposition (SVD) method to study single motor unit firing patterns. Two projects were carried out: (1) a computer simulation study to confirm the meanings of two SVD parameters, the eigenvalue corresponding to the positive-slope eigenvector (PEV) and that corresponding to the negative-...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sun TY,Chen JJ,Lin TS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease) may present with episodic renal failure following exertion. We present a case of adult-onset myophosphorylase deficiency in which recurrent bouts of renal failure could not be associated with any exertional events until a tonic seizure was witnessed after the fourth epis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Walker AR,Tschetter K,Matsuo F,Flanigan KM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical testing for neuromuscular dysfunction is supported by an extensive amount of excellent basic information about normal and abnormal subcellular physiology and ultrastructure. This information provides an essential frame of reference for describing the rationale of single-fiber electromyography (SFEMG). SFEMG i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Keesey JC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyses maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) and its measurement by recording the force profile during maximal-effort, 7-s hand-grip contractions. Six healthy subjects each performed three trials repeated at short intervals to study variation from fatigue. These three trials were performed during...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Househam E,McAuley J,Charles T,Lightfoot T,Swash M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Muscle fiber denervation increases with age, yet studies at the tissue level are sparse due to the challenging nature of establishing the relative role of regeneration and denervation. METHODS:Muscle biopsies were obtained from the vastus lateralis of 70 healthy men (aged 72 ± 6 years; range, 65-94). Mess...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Soendenbroe C,Heisterberg MF,Schjerling P,Karlsen A,Kjaer M,Andersen JL,Mackey AL

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct infection of muscle fibers by human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has recently been reported in a patient with polymyositis infected with both HTLV-I and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Coinfections of these viruses are frequently found in the United States. In Kagoshima, Japan, patients with polymyo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Higuchi I,Nerenberg M,Yoshimine K,Yoshida M,Fukunaga H,Tajima K,Osame M

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Electrophysiologic findings in thallium intoxication are usually untimely, limited in extent, and often uninformative. This report documents serial conduction and electromyographic findings in a case of thallium poisoning, beginning 10 days after symptom onset and ending 24 months later. Initially, the plantar nerves ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dumitru D,Kalantri A

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with prior poliomyelitis may experience muscle function deterioration decades after onset of disease. The present study is aimed at describing electromyographic and morphometric evidence of muscular compensation and of on-going muscular instability. Ten subjects 42-62 years of age with onset of polio 25-52 ye...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Einarsson G,Grimby G,Stålberg E

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dystrophic changes of Schwann cells and demyelination occurred in rats with chronic nerve edema induced by feeding a galactose-rich diet for two years. The mechanism for edema is the sorbitol pathway which generates osmotically active polyols from galactose or glucose. The blood-nerve barrier impedes diffusion of macr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Powell HC,Myers RR

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frog muscles bathed in solutions equilibrated with 0.5%-2.0% halothane develop large contractures when cooled to 2-4 degrees C. These halothane-cooling contractures (HCC) are dose dependent and reproducible; they are potentiated by lidocaine (5 mM), abolished by procaine (5 mM), and partially inhibited by procainamide...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Suarez-Kurtz G,Sudo RT

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Evaluation of nerve mechanical properties has the potential to improve assessment of nerve impairment. Shear wave velocity, as measured by using shear wave (SW) ultrasound elastography, is a promising indicator of nerve mechanical properties such as stiffness. However, elucidation of external factors that ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rugel CL,Franz CK,Lee SSM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We determined whether instrumenting timed functional tasks with wireless inertial motion sensors were responsive to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) progression and movement pattern changes. METHODS:Ten individuals who were clinically affected with genetically confirmed FSHD, mean age 54 year...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Statland JM,Karanevich A,Bruetsch A,Huisinga J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00