Severe childhood muscular dystrophy affecting both sexes and frequent in Tunisia.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The morphological characteristics of skeletal muscles innervated caudal to a spinal cord injury (SCI) undergo dramatic phenotypic and microvascular changes. METHOD:Female Sprague-Dawley rats received a severe contusion at thoracic level 9/10 and were randomly assigned to locomotor training, epidural stimu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kissane RWP,Wright O,Al'Joboori YD,Marczak P,Ichiyama RM,Egginton S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were 31 Duchenne patients placed on overnight mouth intermittent positive pressure ventilation for severe respiratory insufficiency at the average age of 19.9 years. Most patients had vital capacities less than 200 cc at their last evaluations. Of these, 23 patients are alive at the average age of 27 years and l...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bach JR,O'Brien J,Krotenberg R,Alba AS

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis underwent detailed electromyographic evaluation. The paraspinal muscles of all patients were examined, as were several extremity muscles. The distribution of fibrillation potentials (FPs) in different muscles is discussed. FPs were most frequent in paraspinal muscles...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Streib EW,Wilbourn AJ,Mitsumoto H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS conduction and autonomic nervous function were investigated in 15 patients with HMSN I. Central motor conduction time (CMCT) was estimated with magnetic brain stimulation and electrical nerve root stimulation. Somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) and visual evoked potential (VEP) were used for assessment of centra...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Solders G,Andersson T,Persson A

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiologic detection of the first signs of gastrocnemius muscle reinnervation shows that after a single localized freezing of the rat sciatic nerve, isaxonine does not significantly increase the rate of axonal regeneration. However, this drug does significantly enhance axonal sprouting, as it induces an increa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pecot-Dechavassine M,Mira JC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a paucity of validated tests to quantify hand function impairment due to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of the Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT) in CTS patients. We compared 190 CTS patients with 122 healthy, age-matched controls. CTS severity was determi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Amirjani N,Ashworth NL,Olson JL,Morhart M,Chan KM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) are commonly prescribed to individuals with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). The aim of this study was to evaluate patient reported satisfaction with orthotic devices and services in individuals with CMT to provide preliminary data for advancing AFO development and improving clin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zuccarino R,Anderson KM,Shy ME,Wilken JM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recommendations for clinical research standards published in 2000 by a task force of the Medical Scientific Advisory Board (MSAB) of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) were largely successful in introducing greater uniformity in the recording and reporting of MG clinical trials. Recognizing that ch...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Benatar M,Sanders DB,Burns TM,Cutter GR,Guptill JT,Baggi F,Kaminski HJ,Mantegazza R,Meriggioli MN,Quan J,Wolfe GI,Task Force on MG Study Design of the Medical Scientific Advisory Board of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We assessed antibodies against low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4-Ab) in a Chinese population with myasthenia gravis (MG). METHODS:Serum samples from 116 patients and 80 controls were collected. Acetylcholine receptor antibodies(AChR-Ab) and muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Li Y,Zhang Y,Cai G,He D,Dai Q,Xu Z,Chu L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 58-year-old male with a few years history of multifocal weakness in the upper limbs with minimal to absent sensory complaints. He was diagnosed as having multiple compressive neuropathies, which required repeated decompressive surgeries. Electrodiagnostic studies prior to diagnosis were limited to a few ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Beydoun SR

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:Obese individuals have slowed conduction in the median nerve across the wrist, but the mechanism for this is not established. This case-control study of 27 obese subjects and 16 thin subjects was designed to test the hypothesis that obese individuals have higher carpal canal pressures and more median nerve swelling th...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Werner RA,Jacobson JA,Jamadar DA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we investigated the interaction between adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs) and myoblasts in co-culture experiments. METHODS:Specific inductive media were used to differentiate ASCs in vitro into a Schwann cell-like phenotype (differentiated adipose tissue-derived stem cells, or dASCs) ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： El-Habta R,Kingham PJ,Backman LJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable unipedal balance is fundamental to safe ambulation. Accordingly, older persons with peripheral neuropathy (PN), who are at increased risk for falls, demonstrate impaired unipedal balance. To explore the relationship between afferent function and unipedal balance, frontal plane proprioceptive thresholds at the...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Son J,Ashton-Miller JA,Richardson JK

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：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：:To identify the underlying physiological mechanisms for the difference in the time to failure for two types of fatiguing contractions, 20 subjects performed force and position tasks with the elbow flexor muscles at a comparable net muscle torque for a similar duration. Prior to terminating each task, blood flow was oc...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rudroff T,Poston B,Shin IS,Bojsen-Møller J,Enoka RM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the myelin protein zero gene (MPZ) are associated with certain demyelinating neuropathies, and in particular with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1B (CMT1B), Dejerine-Sottas syndrome, and congenital hypomyelination. MPZ mutations affecting the protein's transmembrane domain are generally associated with ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Eggers SD,Keswani SC,Melli G,Cornblath DR

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hyperbaric exposure with high oxygen concentration on glucose and insulin levels and skeletal muscle-fiber properties were investigated in type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats. Five-week-old rats were exposed to a hyperbaric environment (1.25 atmospheric pressure) with a high oxygen concentration (36%) fo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Yasuda K,Adachi T,Gu N,Matsumoto A,Matsunaga T,Tsujimoto G,Tsuda K,Ishihara A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is now a well-defined purely motor multineuropathy characterized by the presence of multifocal partial motor conduction blocks (CB), frequent association with anti-GM1 IgM antibodies, and usually a good response to high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy. However, several ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nobile-Orazio E,Cappellari A,Priori A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stand-alone ultrasound shear wave imaging technology has been developed to quantify and visualize Young's modulus distribution by remotely applying ultrasound radiation force and tracking the resulting microvibrations in soft tissues with ultrafast ultrasound imaging. We report the first preliminary data that detect...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shinohara M,Sabra K,Gennisson JL,Fink M,Tanter M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 137 ulnar nerves and abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles in 70 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and correlated the results with ADM strength graded on the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale, to address the potential value of a standardized neurophysiological assessment of this nerve-mus...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： de Carvalho M,Swash M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) is a major contributor to disability in old age. We used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to screen for changes in proteins, and cDNA profiling to assess transcriptional regulations in the gastrocnemius muscle of adult (4 months) and aged (30 months) m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Altun M,Edström E,Spooner E,Flores-Moralez A,Bergman E,Tollet-Egnell P,Norstedt G,Kessler BM,Ulfhake B

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Documentation of peripheral nerve demyelination is an important part of the chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) diagnostic process. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of patients referred with a diagnosis of CIDP who were found to have a different condition. Electrodiagnost...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Allen JA,Ney J,Lewis RA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological and phenotypic properties of motor units in the cat soleus muscle were studied after 4 months of inactivity induced by spinal cord isolation (SI). The soleus of some SI cats were stimulated for 30 min/day during an isometric (SI-I), shortening (SI-S), or lengthening (SI-L) phase of a simulated step c...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zhong H,Roy RR,Hodgson JA,Talmadge RJ,Grossman EJ,Edgerton VR

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of neuromuscular disorders among intensive care unit (ICU) patients has shifted toward disorders acquired within the ICU and away from "traditional" neuromuscular disorders that lead to ICU admission. We sought to assess this spectrum by determining the causes and relative frequencies of neuromuscular dis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lacomis D,Petrella JT,Giuliani MJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this pilot study we use T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify possible peripheral nerve inflammation in 4 patients with diffuse chronic pain. In all 4 patients, there was an increase in median and ulnar nerve T2 signal intensity at the wrist (P < 0.05 vs. controls). Positive clinical signs of per...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dilley A,Greening J,Walker-Bone K,Good C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Contradictory reports of the myosin heavy chain (MHC) composition of adult human suprahyoid muscles leave unresolved the extent to which these muscles express developmental and unconventional MHC. METHODS:By immunohistochemistry, separation sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PA...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Luo Q,Douglas M,Burkholder T,Sokoloff AJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:This article describes a 37-year-old woman with progressive external ophthalmoplegia, peripheral neuropathy, and chronic intractable diarrhea. Laboratory studies disclosed lactic acidosis, ragged red fibers lacking cytochrome c oxidase, high-normal muscular mitochondrial enzymes, demyelinating neuropathy, leukoencepha...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Uncini A,Servidei S,Silvestri G,Manfredi G,Sabatelli M,Di Muzio A,Ricci E,Mirabella M,Di Mauro S,Tonali P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00