Neuromuscular ultrasound findings in carpal tunnel syndrome with symptoms mainly in the nondominant hand.

abstract：:To clarify the molecular nature of the pathogenesis in X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), we monitored the expression of 2400 genes in control and EDMD fibroblasts by using complementary DNA (cDNA) microarray techniques. A total of 60 genes whose expression was altered in EDMD fibroblasts when compared...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tsukahara T,Tsujino S,Arahata K

更新日期：2002-06-01 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 protein compositions of subcellular fractions of muscle obtained from 17 Duchenne dystrophy patients, 15 disease controls (10 different primary myopathies, 5 spinal muscular atrophy patients), and 10 normals were examined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The gels were stained with Coomassie Brilliant Blue an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Niebroj-Dobosz I,Kornguth S,Schutta H,Siegel FL,Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I

更新日期：1989-04-01 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

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 report an 18-month-old Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) patient who developed a rapid-onset neuropathy, with proximal and distal weakness, and non-uniform nerve conduction studies. The neuropathy responded well to immunomodulation, confirming the coexistence of an inherited and an inflammatory neuropathy. Unexpe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Marques W Jr,Funayama CA,Secchin JB,Lourenço CM,Gouvêa SP,Marques VD,Bastos PG,Barreira AA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial beta-galactosidase cDNA was injected without lipofectin into 41 sites in dog muscle and expression was seen in 22 of them. The cDNA and lipofectin was injected into 35 similar sites and expression was seen in 21. Expression was seen in a maximum of 2.5% of muscle fibers and 23.21% of nonmuscle cells. A total...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Howell JM,Fletcher S,O'Hara A,Johnsen RD,Lloyd F,Kakulas BA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain normative muscle morphology data on a healthy population recruited from a population survey, we examined vastus lateralis biopsies from 58 men and 33 women, aged 26-67 years. Biopsies were measured with automated, computer-aided techniques. Data were analyzed according to gender and age, and the influence of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Toft I,Lindal S,Bønaa KH,Jenssen T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The immuno-microenvironment of injured nerves adversely affects mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy for neurotmesis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used noninvasively to monitor nerve degeneration and regeneration. The aim of this study was to investigate nerve repair after MSC transplantation com...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Yang Z,Zheng C,Zhang F,Lin B,Cao M,Tian X,Zhang J,Zhang X,Shen J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection of patients who will benefit from peripheral nerve surgery continues to evolve. The evaluation of patients with peripheral nerve problems, and the indications and timing of surgery are reviewed. This includes patients with transections, lesions in continuity, entrapments, tumors, injection injuries, and ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Spinner RJ,Kline DG

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve lesions are sometimes associated with focal dystonia. We diagnosed ulnar neuropathy in 28 of 73 (40%) cases of occupational cramp in musicians. Focal slowing of ulnar conduction across the elbow was identified in 15 of 19 (79%) patients using the near nerve technique and in 5 of 17 (29%) patients usin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Charness ME,Ross MH,Shefner JM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we present 3 families with malignant hyperthermia (MH), all of Indian subcontinent descent. One individual from each of these families was fully sequenced for RYR1 and presented with the non-synonymous change c.11315G>A/p.R3772Q. When present in the homozygous state c.11315*A is associated with myopathic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carpenter D,Ismail A,Robinson RL,Ringrose C,Booms P,Iles DE,Halsall PJ,Steele D,Shaw MA,Hopkins PM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is typified as isolated nerve palsies caused by trivial compression or trauma. It rarely presents in two extremities and even more infrequently affects all four limbs simultaneously. We present a patient who concurrently experienced right shoulder, left han...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Crum BA,Sorenson EJ,Abad GA,Dyck PJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical effect of carbamazepine (CBZ) on neuromuscular transmission is described in two children who presented in coma with diffuse hypotonia and areflexia following CBZ overdose. Repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) showed a decremental response only at high-frequency stimulation. With supportive care, the patient...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zaidat OO,Kaminski HJ,Berenson F,Katirji B

更新日期：1999-09-01 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 possible role of extracellular matrix in specifying the expression of superfast myosin during cat jaw muscle regeneration. Equal proportions of muscle tissue from jaw and limb were minced together after killing cellular elements from one source. We allowed the mince to regenerate in the bed of a fa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hoh JF,Hughes S

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to investigate differences in contractile speed, force, and fatigability of the adductor pollicis muscle between 12 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 8 sedentary control subjects matched for age and gender. There were no differences between the patients with MS and control subjects...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： de Ruiter CJ,Jongen PJ,van der Woude LH,de Haan A

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to evaluate the ultrasound (US) morphological changes of sural nerves (SNs) of uremic patients on hemodialysis. METHODS:Sixty-six SNs in 33 uremic patients were examined by 22-MHZ high-frequency US and routine nerve conduction studies (NCS), and 76 SNs in 38 controls were also ex...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wei M,Zhu J,Wang N,Xue Q,Liu F,Hu B,Fang J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven 2-day-old golden retriever pups were given focal intramuscular injections of a first generation adenovirus-dystrophin minigene construct and adenovirus-beta-galactosidase construct as a 2:1 mixture into the left anterior tibial muscle. The spread of transgene expression within the anterior tibial muscle was comp...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： O'Hara AJ,Howell JM,Taplin RH,Fletcher S,Lloyd F,Kakulas B,Lochmüller H,Karpati G

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Two previously reported Norwegian patients with painful muscle cramps and giant myotonic discharges were genotyped and compared with those of members of 21 families harboring the same mutation. METHODS:Using primers specific for SCN4A and CLCN1, the DNA of the Norwegian family members was amplified and bi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Torbergsen T,Jurkat-Rott K,Stålberg EV,Løseth S,Hødneø A,Lehmann-Horn F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in CLCN1, the gene encoding the ClC-1 chloride channel in skeletal muscle, lead to myotonia congenita. The effects on the intramembranous channel forming domains have been investigated more than that at the intracellular C-terminus. We have performed a mutation screen involving the whole CLCN1 gene of patien...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chen L,Schaerer M,Lu ZH,Lang D,Joncourt F,Weis J,Fritschi J,Kappeler L,Gallati S,Sigel E,Burgunder JM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged exposure to hand-transmitted vibration can cause debilitating neural and vascular dysfunction in humans. It is unclear whether the pathophysiology involves simultaneous or sequential injury of arteries and nerves. The mechanism of vibration injury was investigated in a rat tail model, containing arteries and...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Curry BD,Bain JL,Yan JG,Zhang LL,Yamaguchi M,Matloub HS,Riley DA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic neuropathies are the most common type of neuropathies seen in clinical practice. These neuropathies can range clinically from asymptomatic to manifesting symptoms caused by motor, sensory, and autonomic nerve dysfunction. These neuropathies can affect the peripheral nervous system, pain receptors, cardiovascu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Patel K,Horak H,Tiryaki E

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To delineate change in median nerve size in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), we compared ultrasonograms of nerve cross-sections from patients (201 wrists of 125 women with idiopathic CTS) and controls (200 dominant wrists of 200 women). Major and minor axes, cross-sectional area, and the flattening ratio (major axis/mino...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nakamichi KI,Tachibana S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a well-established clinical assessment of functional endurance, validated as a measure of walking ability in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The current availability of disease-modifying therapies for SMA indicates a growing need for normative reference data to compare SMA p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Goodwin AM,Cornett KMD,McKay MJ,Burns J,Garber CE,De Vivo DC,Montes J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we explore several methods for incorporating survival information in the analysis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS) scores. METHODS:ALSFRS scores and patient survival times were simulated based on estimates from a recent clinical trial. Six analysis approaches...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Healy BC,Schoenfeld D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to define normal ranges of histological features in pediatric muscle in comparison with muscle demonstrating inflammatory changes. Sixteen pediatric muscle biopsy samples, considered normal by standard histology, were analyzed for the presence of inflammatory cells, and the expression of neon...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Varsani H,Newton KR,Li CK,Harding B,Holton JL,Wedderburn LR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism is impaired in multiple sclerosis (MS), phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to measure the rate of intramuscular phosphocreatine (PCr) resynthesis following exercise in MS and controls. Thirteen MS patients underwent intermittent isometric tetan...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kent-Braun JA,Sharma KR,Miller RG,Weiner MW

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical efficacy of functional electrical stimulation (FES) is limited by the rapid onset of fatigue. Functional electrical stimulation applications typically stimulate skeletal muscles with constant-frequency trains (CFTs). Our laboratory has identified trains that we call doublet-frequency trains (DFTs) and tha...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Scott WB,Lee SC,Johnston TE,Binder-Macleod SA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00