Transient focal conduction block following experimental occlusion of the vasa nervorum.

abstract：:Serum creatine kinase (CK) activity, calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) contents of skeletal muscle and isolated mitochondria, as well as oxidative phosphorylation of X-linked muscular dystrophic (mdx) mice were compared with normal control animals at ages 5, 10, and 23 weeks. Serum CK is elevated in mdx mice at all ages...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Glesby MJ,Rosenmann E,Nylen EG,Wrogemann K

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound has been used for visualizing peripheral nerve pathology. Our goal was to use ultrasound to quantitate the sizes of upper extremity nerves along their length in control subjects and patients with neuropathy. We measured median and ulnar nerve cross-sectional areas (NCSA) in the arms of 190 subjects, includi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zaidman CM,Al-Lozi M,Pestronk A

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:We investigated factors affecting maximal voluntary torque and the assessment of the level of voluntary drive in the elbow flexor muscles. First, the effective compliance of the system was tested by using single, paired, and trains of four stimuli to measure voluntary activation. At high voluntary torques the response...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Allen GM,McKenzie DK,Gandevia SC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies using quantitative sensory testing (QST) often present incongruent results due to intra- and intersubject as well as interobserver variability which limit widespread use of the technique. Eliminating or reducing the factors responsible for this variability is of great interest, as it increases reliability and ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pavlaković G,Klinke I,Pavlaković H,Züchner K,Zapf A,Bachmann CG,Graf BM,Crozier TA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipid methylation is thought to modulate such vital cellular processes as calcium transport, receptor function, and membrane microviscosity. As these processes are fundamental to the function of muscle cells and are thought to be altered in disease states, we have characterized several features of phospholipid ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuncl RW,Drachman DB,Kishimoto Y

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult skeletal muscle fibers are among the few cell types that are truly multinucleated. Recently, evidence has accumulated supporting a role for the modulation of myonuclear number during muscle remodeling in response to injury, adaptation, and disease. These studies have demonstrated that muscle hypertrophy is assoc...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Allen DL,Roy RR,Edgerton VR

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:Motor involvement in acute herpes zoster is considered rare, but its incidence is unknown. In a sample of 40 patients with acute herpes zoster of varying severity, an abnormal electromyogram (EMG) (fibrillation, positive waves, high-frequency discharges) was found in 21 (53%), suggesting extension of inflammation to t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Haanpää M,Häkkinen V,Nurmikko T

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we aimed to clarify whether muscle ultrasound (US) of the forearm can be used to differentiate between patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) and those with s-IBM-mimicking diseases. METHODS:We compared the echo intensity (EI) of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscle an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Noto Y,Shiga K,Tsuji Y,Kondo M,Tokuda T,Mizuno T,Nakagawa M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the gene expression of proteins related to myostatin (MSTN) signaling during skeletal muscle longitudinal growth. To promote muscle growth, Wistar male rats were submitted to a stretching protocol for different durations (12, 24, 48, and 96 hours). Following this protocol, soleus weight a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Aoki MS,Soares AG,Miyabara EH,Baptista IL,Moriscot AS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence of α-actinin-3, encoded by the ACTN3 "speed gene," is associated with poorer sprinting performance in athletes and a slowing of relaxation in fast-twitch muscles of Actn3 knockout (KO) mice. Our first aim was to investigate, at the individual-fiber level, possible mechanisms for this slowed relaxation. Our sec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chan S,Seto JT,Houweling PJ,Yang N,North KN,Head SI

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:GNE myopathy is a rare recessive myopathy caused by mutations in the GNE gene. It is mainly a distal myopathy with relative sparing of the quadriceps muscle. METHODS:Patients with distal myopathies from Kuwait were examined and tested for the Middle Eastern GNE gene founder mutation, p.M743T. Patients wer...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alrohaif H,Pogoryelova O,Al-Ajmi A,Aljeryan LA,Alrashidi NH,Alefasi SA,Urtizberea A,Lochmüller H,Bastaki L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of the thymus in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis (MG), immunohistochemical expression of CD44, CD45R0, B7-1, and IL-2 was studied in: (1) hyperplastic thymuses of patients with MG whose symptoms markedly improved after thymectomy, (2) remnant thymuses of patients with MG whose symptoms di...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Utsugisawa K,Nagane Y,Tohgi H

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin levels have been assessed in whole muscle and primary culture extracts in order to examine the relationship between calmodulin and the accumulation of calcium in dystrophic hamster muscle tissues. Significant decreases in both normal and dystrophic skeletal muscle, tongue, and heart calmodulin levels were o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Klamut HJ,Kotarba JA,Strickland KP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many post-polio patients develop new muscle weakness decades after the initial illness. However, its mechanism and treatment are controversial. The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that: (1) after strength training, post-polio patients show strength improvement comparable to that seen in the healthy el...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chan KM,Amirjani N,Sumrain M,Clarke A,Strohschein FJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Repetitive loading of the low back tissues induces tension relaxation with a corresponding variation in the myoelectric response of the neuromuscular system, which may influence low back health. The purpose of this study was to observe trunk muscle activities before and after a passive cyclic trunk flexion...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Olson MW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large muscle genes are often sequenced using complementary DNA (cDNA) made from muscle messenger RNA (mRNA) to reduce the cost and workload associated with sequencing from genomic DNA. Two potential barriers are the availability of a frozen muscle biopsy, and difficulties in detecting nonsense mutations due to nonsens...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Waddell LB,Monnier N,Cooper ST,North KN,Clarke NF

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Glucocorticosteroids (GC) are effective in slowing weakness in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). METHODS:This is a multisite, 1-year, open-label trial of twice-weekly prednisolone (5 mg/kg/dose) in infants/young boys (0.4-2.4 years) with DMD. We compared changes in Bayley III Scales of Infant D...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Connolly AM,Zaidman CM,Golumbek PT,Cradock MM,Flanigan KM,Kuntz NL,Finkel RS,McDonald CM,Iannaccone ST,Anand P,Siener CA,Florence JM,Lowes LP,Alfano LN,Johnson LB,Nicorici A,Nelson LL,Mendell JR,MDA DMD Clinical Resea

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An appreciation of the comparative functions of the corticospinal tract is of direct relevance to the understanding of how results from animal models can advance knowledge of the human motor system and its disorders. Two critical functions of the corticospinal tract are discussed: first, the role of descending project...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lemon RN,Griffiths J

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:The aim of this study was to investigate possible influences of suprasegmental lesions on the masseter reflex. The masseter reflex was elicited in 54 patients with supratentorial (37 patients) or cerebellar (17 patients) lesions 3-11 days after the acute onset of clinical disease. Patients showing lesions within the p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hopf HC,Hinrichs C,Stoeter P,Urban PP,Marx J,Thömke F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electrical stimulation of denervated muscle has been shown to minimize atrophy and fibrosis and increase force in animal and human models. However, electrical stimulation after nerve repair is controversial due to questions of efficacy. METHODS:Using a rat model, we investigated the efficacy of short-term...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Willand MP,Holmes M,Bain JR,Fahnestock M,De Bruin H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Symptoms often return in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) who are treated with a local corticosteroid injection. We aimed to determine prognostic factors for a successful long-term outcome. METHODS:We prospectively followed 113 patients who received an injection for CTS. Clinical, electrophysiol...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Meys V,Thissen S,Rozeman S,Beekman R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the known trophic effects of growth hormone (GH) on nerve and muscle 75 patients with ALS were treated for up to 18 months with synthetic human growth hormone (Protropin) or a placebo. The course of ALS was assessed serially using a quantitative (TQNE) neuromuscular and manual exam (MRC) and laboratory chemis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Smith RA,Melmed S,Sherman B,Frane J,Munsat TL,Festoff BW

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Muscle fatigue could have a greater impact on position sense when antagonists of the movement are fatigued. Hence, this study aimed to compare the effects of antagonist and agonist exercise-induced muscle fatigue on knee joint position sense. METHODS:This within-subjects repeated-measures study included 4...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ribeiro F,Venâncio J,Quintas P,Oliveira J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a comprehensive model of spastic hypertonia based on clinical neurophysiology and validated using experimental data obtained from the pendulum test of the leg in 8 healthy volunteers and 15 spastic patients. This nonlinear computational model includes mechanical parameters and a stretch reflex representatio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Le Cavorzin P,Poudens SA,Chagneau F,Carrault G,Allain H,Rochcongar P

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neutral lipid-storage disease with myopathy is caused by mutations in PNPLA2, which produce skeletal and cardiac myopathy. We report a man with multiorgan neutral lipid storage and unusual multisystem clinical involvement, including cognitive impairment. METHODS:Quantitative brain MRI with voxel-based mor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Massa R,Pozzessere S,Rastelli E,Serra L,Terracciano C,Gibellini M,Bozzali M,Arca M

更新日期：2016-04-01 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