Burden of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis on quality of life.

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:Statins have well-known benefits on cardiovascular mortality, though up to 15% of patients experience side effects. With guidelines from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and American Diabetes Association expected to double the number of statin users, the overall incidence of ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rengo JL,Callahan DM,Savage PD,Ades PA,Toth MJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophic factors are growth factors or cytokines that are inducible polypeptides and permit intercellular communication. An explosion of information about neurotrophic factors is setting the stage for significant advances in neural disease therapy in the next century. The effects of these trophic factors are overl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mitsumoto H,Tsuzaka K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) relies primarily on clinical and electrophysiologic examination, but the nerve biopsy findings may be supportive, especially in atypical cases. In order to define the usefulness of nerve biopsy in this disease, we retrospectively studied 44 cons...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Vallat JM,Tabaraud F,Magy L,Torny F,Bernet-Bernady P,Macian F,Couratier P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrical and mechanical properties of paralyzed human thenar muscles were measured in response to supramaximal stimulation of the median nerve in individuals with chronic cervical spinal cord injury. These data were compared to those recorded from control muscles. Spontaneous motor unit activity was common in pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thomas CK

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neuromuscular activation can be influenced by both muscle temperature (Tm) and fatigue. METHODS:To assess the effects of Tm and fatigue on the electromechanical delay (EMD), 15 participants performed voluntary isometric contractions of different intensities under neutral (TmN), low (TmL), and high (TmH) T...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cè E,Rampichini S,Agnello L,Limonta E,Veicsteinas A,Esposito F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anecdotal reports from families and care providers suggest a wide variation in services received by individuals with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DBMD). METHODS:We documented the type and frequency of health services received by individuals with DBMD using the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Tracki...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pandya SK,Campbell KA,Andrews JG,Meaney FJ,Ciafaloni E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old professional golf instructor developed pain, numbness, and weakness in an ulnar distribution, but the lesion could not be localized to either elbow or wrist by routine nerve conduction techniques. Stimulation along serial 1-cm increments in the distal forearm disclosed a point of focal conduction block a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Campbell WW

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：:Sialorrhea is frequently a socially disabling symptom in patients with bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In this open-label prospective study, we report the effect of botulinum toxin A (Botox) injection into the parotid glands in 10 patients with bulbar ALS and socially disabling sialorrhea. We applied three...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Verma A,Steele J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized double-blind therapeutic trial of isaxonine was completed over a 2-year period for 20 ambulant boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy aged 5 1/2-10 years. The effect of the drug was monitored by measurement of walking times over 28 and 150 ft, motor ability score, MRC score based on 32 muscle groups, and m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Heckmatt JZ,Hyde SA,Gabain A,Dubowitz V

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voluntary and stimulation single-fiber electromyography were performed in the extensor digitorum communis muscle of 15 myasthenic patients. The increase in mean and individual mean consecutive difference as well as the proportion of blocking in the volitional activation were greater than in the stimulation method. The...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Murga L,Sánchez F,Menéndez C,Castilla JM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebral palsy (CP) is associated with reduced muscle volumes, but previous studies have reported deficits in only a small number of muscles. The extent of volume deficits across lower limb muscles is not known. This study presents an imaging-based assessment of muscle volume and length deficits in 35 lowe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Handsfield GG,Meyer CH,Abel MF,Blemker SS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic testing is rapidly becoming an increasingly significant part of the diagnostic armamentarium of neuromuscular clinicians. Although technically easy to order, the results of such testing, whether positive or negative, have potentially enormous consequences for the individual tested and for family members. As a ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Su X,Kang PB,Russell JA,Simmons Z

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), knowledge about the pattern of treatment response in a wide spectrum of muscle groups, distal as well as proximal, after intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) initiation is lacking. METHODS:Hand-held dynamometry data of 11 upper and lower limb muscles, from 47 patients wi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bakers JNE,van Eijk RPA,van den Berg LH,Visser-Meily JMA,Beelen A

更新日期：2021-01-26 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：INTRODUCTION:Thymectomy is required for the treatment of thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis (MG). However, MG may develop only after thymectomy, a condition known as post-thymectomy MG. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors for post-thymectomy MG in patients with thymoma. METHODS:We retrospectively identi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kim A,Choi SJ,Kang CH,Lee S,Son H,Kim JA,Shin JY,Kim SM,Hong YH,Sung JJ

更新日期：2021-01-12 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：:The Moberg Pick-Up Test is a standardized test for assessing hand dexterity. Although reduction of sensation in the hand occurs with aging, the effect of age on a subject's performance of the Moberg Pick-Up Test has not been examined. The primary goal of this study was to examine the impact of aging and, secondarily, ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Amirjani N,Ashworth NL,Gordon T,Edwards DC,Chan KM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:YouTube is an important resource for patients. No study has evaluated the information on peripheral neuropathy disseminated by YouTube videos. In this study, our aim was to perform a systematic review of information on YouTube regarding peripheral neuropathy. METHODS:The Web site (www.youtube.com) was sea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gupta HV,Lee RW,Raina SK,Behrle BL,Hinduja A,Mittal MK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central fatigue is a subjective phenomenon which can be examined using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). To assess central fatigue, we compared TMS and peripheral electrical stimulations in patients with central nervous system (CNS) lesions and controls before and after an exhaustive task. The recovery times of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Liepert J,Kotterba S,Tegenthoff M,Malin JP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that vibration causes small changes in muscle length, but to the best of our knowledge, these have yet to be demonstrated during whole-body vibration (WBV). This was an observational study to determine whether acute WBV would result in muscle lengthening. We hypothesized that acute WBV would incr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cochrane DJ,Loram ID,Stannard SR,Rittweger J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The current practice of single-fiber electromyography (SFEMG) requires that 20 fiber pairs with normal jitter be collected to exclude myasthenia gravis (MG). We applied principles of futility analysis from clinical trials in an attempt to reduce that requirement. METHODS:We utilized conditional power futi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Narayanaswami P,Pantoja-Galicia N,Betensky RA,Rutkove SB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous mutations in the Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy (BSCL2) gene have been associated with different clinical phenotypes including Silver syndrome/spastic paraplegia 17, distal hereditary motor neuropathy type V, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2) with predominant hand involvement. We s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Luigetti M,Fabrizi GM,Madia F,Ferrarini M,Conte A,Delgrande A,Tonali PA,Sabatelli M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present three new and 14 retrospective cases of polyradiculopathy in sarcoidosis. Of these, 71% had weakness and 59% areflexia of the lower extremities, and 35% had sphincter dysfunction. Cases often were associated with central nervous system sarcoidosis. All cases involved thoracolumbar or lumbosacral roots, exce...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koffman B,Junck L,Elias SB,Feit HW,Levine SR

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We performed a retrospective analysis of the clinical, pathological, and electrophysiological features of 21 cases of Asymptomatic vasculitic neuropathy (AsVN). METHODS:Among 270 patients with biopsy-proven vasculitic neuropathy, we identified 21 (7.8%) who had asymptomatic neuropathy. RESULTS:Of the 21 ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kurt S,Alsharabati M,Lu L,Claussen GC,Oh SJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Statins can induce necrotizing or inflammatory myopathies in some patients. Increased major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) expression has been shown in muscle biopsies of statin-induced myopathy. Therefore, we investigated the effect of statins on the expression of MHC I in muscle cells. Using flow cytomet...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Singh P,Kohr D,Kaps M,Blaes F

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some have suggested that nonfamilial motor neuron disease (MND) may be autoimmune, and the neurological disorder may benefit from immunotherapy. There have been reports of over 30 cases of lymphoproliferative disease (lymphoma, multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia) with MND, and these patients might he of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Louis ED,Hanley AE,Brannagan TH,Sherman W,Murphy P,Lange DJ,Trojaborg W,Younger DS,Lovelace RE,Latov N,Rowland LP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00