Limitations of 6-minute walk test reference values for spinal muscular atrophy.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We studied neurodevelopmental and behavioral/emotional symptoms in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). METHODS:Retrospective case series of neurodevelopmental and behavioral/emotional symptoms obtained through review of systems of 700 DMD patients in relation to dystrophin gene mutations. RE...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Darmahkasih AJ,Rybalsky I,Tian C,Shellenbarger KC,Horn PS,Lambert JT,Wong BL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to establish normal values of muscle thickness, ratio of muscle thickness to subcutaneous fat thickness, and muscle echo intensity in children between 11 weeks and 16 years of age. Transverse scans of four muscles were made by standardized real-time ultrasound examination. The scans were ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Scholten RR,Pillen S,Verrips A,Zwarts MJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) metabolism was studied in muscle from juvenile and adult dogs with congenital myasthenia gravis (CMG) and their unaffected littermates. Although the amount of AChR in the junctional region of innervated CMG muscle fibers was 25% of normal, or less, denervation of CMG fibers resulted in th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oda K,Lennon VA,Lambert EH,Palmer AC

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between motor function and muscle strength in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is still controversial. In 120 genetically proven SMA patients, aged 5 years or older, we measured muscle strength in the arms and legs by a hand-held dynamometer, forced vital capacity by a spirometer, and the t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Merlini L,Bertini E,Minetti C,Mongini T,Morandi L,Angelini C,Vita G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The axonal distribution of voltage-dependent Na+ channels was determined during inflammatory demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system. Experimental allergic neuritis was induced in Lewis rats by active immunization. In diseased spinal roots Na+ channel immunofluorescence at many nodes of Ranvier changed ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Novakovic SD,Levinson SR,Schachner M,Shrager P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate in control subjects the effect of imagery training on the torque of plantar-flexor muscles of the ankle. Twenty-nine subjects were allocated to one of three groups that performed either imagery training, low-intensity strength training, or no training (only measurements). The l...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zijdewind I,Toering ST,Bessem B,Van Der Laan O,Diercks RL

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin is a chemotherapeutic agent prescribed for a variety of tumors. While undergoing treatment, patients exhibit frequent symptoms that suggest respiratory muscle weakness. Cancer patients can receive doxorubicin chemotherapy through either intravenous (IV) or intraperitoneal (IP) injections. We hypothesized t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gilliam LA,Moylan JS,Callahan LA,Sumandea MP,Reid MB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) is a common peripheral compression neuropathy and, in most cases, occurs at 2 sites, the retroepicondylar groove or the cubital tunnel. With regard to a potential therapeutic approach with perineural corticosteroid injection, the aim of this study was to evaluate the dis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hamscha UM,Tinhofer I,Heber S,Grisold W,Weninger WJ,Meng S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We evaluated diagnostic value of sensory tests during recovery from iatrogenic sensory neuropathy using intraoperatively verified nerve injury with subjective symptoms as gold standard. METHODS:Inferior alveolar nerves were monitored neurophysiologically throughout mandibular osteotomy in 19 patients. Sen...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Teerijoki-Oksa T,Forssell H,Jääskeläinen SK

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Evidence suggests that sensory loss may occur in a proportion of patients affected by poliomyelitis. We hypothesize that sensory problems may be a lasting sequela in some polio survivors. Sensory pathways in polio survivors were evaluated clinically and electrophysiologically using sensory evoked potentials (SEPs). Pa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Prokhorenko OA,Vasconcelos OM,Lupu VD,Campbell WW,Jabbari B

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of motor unit number estimation (MUNE) for assessment of the long-term course of ALS is dependent on the reproducibility of the technique. We report our results with the statistical method of MUNE on the ulnar nerve/hypothenar muscle in 16 ALS patients who were studied on 52 occasions. On each occasion...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Olney RK,Yuen EC,Engstrom JW

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ideal electrodiagnostic procedure to assess possible plantar neuropathies continues to elude investigators. Motor studies are rarely abnormal, pure sensory studies may be difficult to obtain, needle electromyography can demonstrate membrane instability in normal feet. Mixed nerve plantar studies may be more diagno...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dumitru D,Kalantri A,Dierschke B

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Skin-derived precursor cells (SKPs) are neural crest progenitor cells that can attain a Schwann cell-like phenotype through in vitro techniques (SKP-SCs). We hypothesized that SKP-SCs could produce mature myelin and, in doing so, facilitate the recovery of a focal demyelination injury. METHODS:We unilater...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Grochmal J,Dhaliwal S,Stys PK,van Minnen J,Midha R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We hypothesized that microvascular disturbances in muscle tissue play a role in the reduced exercise capacity in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). METHODS:Children with JDM, children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (clinical controls), and healthy children performed a maximal incremental cycloergometric ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Habers GE,De Knikker R,Van Brussel M,Hulzebos E,Stegeman DF,Van Royen A,Takken T

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to determine if chronic fatigue syndrome (CSF) is characterized by abnormalities in oxidative muscle metabolism. Patients with CFS according to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) criteria (n = 22) were compared to normal sedentary subjects (n = 15). CFS patients were also tested before and...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： McCully KK,Natelson BH,Iotti S,Sisto S,Leigh JS Jr

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to examine the coping strategies of 49 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and the relationships of these strategies to their perceived health-related quality of life (HRQoL). METHODS:Forty-nine subjects were assessed for collection of demographic and medical data. ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Montel S,Albertini L,Spitz E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used Southern blot analysis and the polymerase chain reaction to analyze the tissue distribution of multiple mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in a 45-year-old man with familial mitochondrial myopathy-Southern blots showed two major types of abnormal mtDNA with approximately 4- and 8-kilobase deletions in the ske...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kawashima S,Ohta S,Kagawa Y,Yoshida M,Nishizawa M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Because paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) induces a catabolic hormone profile, we sought to evaluate the morphology of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle and testosterone and corticosterone levels of paradoxical sleep-deprived rats. METHODS:Three study groups of rats were established: the first group was...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dattilo M,Antunes HK,Medeiros A,Mônico-Neto M,Souza Hde S,Lee KS,Tufik S,de Mello MT

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nerve enlargement (NE) is described in inflammatory and inherited neuropathies. It is commonly multifocal and moderate in the former and homogeneous and generalized in the latter. We describe 4 cases of massive NE in inflammatory neuropathies. METHODS:Patients presented with symptoms of polyneuropathy tha...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Grimm A,Schubert V,Axer H,Ziemann U

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired neuromyotonia is characterized by hyperexcitability of motor nerves resulting in continuous muscle fiber activity. It occurs most often as a paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with cancers of the immune system. Antibodies against voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKCs) have been detected in some patients. P...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lahrmann H,Albrecht G,Drlicek M,Oberndorfer S,Urbanits S,Wanschitz J,Zifko UA,Grisold W

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to compare ultrasound echo intensity (EI) with high-resolution T1 -weighted MRI and to establish calibration equations to estimate percent intramuscular fat from EI. METHODS:Thirty-one participants underwent both ultrasound and MRI testing of 4 muscles: rectus femoris (RF); bicep...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Young HJ,Jenkins NT,Zhao Q,Mccully KK

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:n-Hexane neuropathy was studied in 20 workers exposed for prolonged periods to this solvent, and with urinary 2,5-hexanedione concentrations exceeding the biological exposure index recommended by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (5 mg/L) with a mean of 11.02 mg/L (range 5.3-24.2 mg/L). Alt...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pastore C,Marhuenda D,Marti J,Cardona A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The etiology of neuropathy was idiopathic in 20%-30% of patients despite thorough investigation, based on results from the 1980s and 1990s. Since then, new etiologies have been recognized, and skin biopsy has been used to confirm small-fiber neuropathy. METHODS:The authors reviewed the charts of 373 patie...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Farhad K,Traub R,Ruzhansky KM,Brannagan TH 3rd

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least 50 disease-causing mutations in the skeletal muscle voltage-gated chloride channel gene (CLCN1), almost all of which originate from Caucasian families, have been identified. We investigated a Japanese family with Thomsen's myotonia congenita that included 16 affected individuals (8 men and 8 women) through fi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sasaki R,Ito N,Shimamura M,Murakami T,Kuzuhara S,Uchino M,Uyama E

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with self-limited statin-related myopathy improve spontaneously when statins are stopped. In contrast, patients with statin-associated autoimmune myopathy have autoantibodies recognizing 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) and usually require immunosuppressive therapy to contr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Floyd JS,Brody JA,Tiniakou E,Psaty BM,Mammen A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired torque production is a major physical impairment following stroke, and has been studied extensively in isometric conditions. However, functional use of a limb requires torque production during movement, and the effects of velocity on maximal torque production may be abnormally enhanced in the paretic limb. Th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lum PS,Patten C,Kothari D,Yap R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix of human peripheral nerve, which is mainly basement membrane and fibrillar collagen, has been prepared by a procedure involving extensive detergent extraction of isolated endoneurium and perineurium obtained from various nerves. The ultrastructure of the isolated nerve extracellular matrix was...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Johnson PC,Duhamel RC,Meezan E,Brendel K

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is usually characterized by prominent motor deficits. A pure sensory presentation, labeled chronic sensory demyelinating neuropathy (CSDN), has been reported, but it is unclear if this neuropathy is a distinct clinical and immunologic entity or merely the sensor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Berger AR,Herskovitz S,Kaplan J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00