Sensory (1a) and F-wave conduction velocity in the proximal segment of the tibial nerve.

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman with axonal Guillain-Barré syndrome developed weakness and urinary retention simultaneously. The retention failed to recover for 10 months even after she regained the ability to walk. The patient exhibited no postural hypotension. Videourodynamics showed that the retention was caused not by the bla...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sakakibara R,Uchiyama T,Tamura N,Kuwabara S,Asahina M,Hattori T

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) received immune globulin intravenous, 10% caprylate/chromatography purified (IGIV-C, Gamunex; n=59) or placebo (n=58) every 3 weeks for up to 24 weeks (first period) in a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, response-conditional, crossover stu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bril V,Katzberg H,Donofrio P,Banach M,Dalakas MC,Deng C,Hanna K,Hartung HP,Hughes RA,Latov N,Merkies IS,van Doorn PA,ICE Study Group.

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain 3 (C3) is the only muscle-specific member of the calcium-dependent protease family. Although neither its physiological function nor its in vivo substrates are known, C3 must be an important protein for normal muscle function as mutations in the C3 gene result in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A. Previous...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Guyon JR,Kudryashova E,Potts A,Dalkilic I,Brosius MA,Thompson TG,Beckmann JS,Kunkel LM,Spencer MJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) and its animal model experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) are caused by autoantibodies against nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) in skeletal muscle. The production of anti-AChR antibodies is mediated by cytokines produced by CD4+ and CD8+ T helper (Th) cells. Emerging investiga...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zhang GX,Navikas V,Link H

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Stroke-related changes in maximal dynamic hip flexor muscle fatigability may be more relevant functionally than isometric hip flexor fatigability. METHODS:Ten chronic stroke survivors performed 5 sets of 30 hip flexion maximal dynamic voluntary contractions (MDVC). A maximal isometric voluntary contractio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuhnen HR,Rybar MM,Onushko T,Doyel RE,Hunter SK,Schmit BD,Hyngstrom AS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on the distribution of labeled endogenous proteins in the experimental neuropathies induced by streoptozotocin diabetes, galactose feeding, zinc pyridinethione, 2,5-hexanedione, acrylamide, and p-bromophenylacetylurea (BPAU) have demonstrated an impaired build up of retrogradely transported material der...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jakobsen J,Brimijoin S,Sidenius P

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder (gene CHS1/LYST) characterized by partial albinism, recurrent infections, and easy bruising. Survivors develop a constellation of slowly progressive neurological manifestations. METHODS:We describe clinical, laboratory, electrophys...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Faber IV,Prota JRM,Martinez ARM,Nucci A,Lopes-Cendes I,Júnior MCF

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant presented with congenital weakness, hypotonia, arthrogryposis, atrial tachycardia, and a left intra-abdominal neuroblastoma. Muscle biopsy revealed marked excess of muscle spindles with atrophy of extrafusal fibers. The patient expired at age 14 months from progressive cardiorespiratory failure. Postmortem e...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Selcen D,Kupsky WJ,Benjamins D,Nigro MA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of contractile protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy could result from low rates of synthesis, abnormally high rates of protein degradation, or a combination of both. We measured overall protein degradation rates in cultured human muscle cells obtained at biopsy from patients with Duchenne dystrophy or vario...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Neville HE,Harrold S

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cross-sectional area of the fibers of hindlimb muscles of rats increased 10-40 times during the first 6 weeks after birth. Denervation at birth stopped the growth of the muscle fibers. The number of satellite cells decreased, and eventually all fibers vanished. Reinnervation, if any, was poor. Partial denervation ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schmalbruch H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main goal of this study was to determine the contribution of the anterior forearm muscles to the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) recorded from the extensor digitorum (ED) after proximal stimulation. METHODS:Twenty-one healthy volunteers and 114 patients with compressive and traumatic radial ne...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Khodulev VI,Nechipurenko NI,Shcharbina NY

更新日期：2020-09-01 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 connective tissue diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, and vasculitis, may cause various disorders of the peripheral nervous system. In this review, the clinical effects of the connective tissues diseases on nerve and muscle are examined with...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rosenbaum R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although conduction block indicates dysfunction of peripheral nerve, it may occur in patients with clinically typical motor neuron disease. There are no universally accepted criteria to identify conduction block, so diagnosis may be difficult. In some peripheral neuropathies, conduction block persists over long period...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lange DJ,Trojaborg W,McDonald TD,Blake DM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

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:RASopathies are a group of genetic conditions due to alterations of the Ras/MAPK pathway. Neurocutaneous findings are hallmark features of the RASopathies, but musculoskeletal abnormalities are also frequent. The objective was to evaluate handgrip strength in the RASopathies. METHODS:Individuals with RASo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stevenson DA,Allen S,Tidyman WE,Carey JC,Viskochil DH,Stevens A,Hanson H,Sheng X,Thompson BA,Okumura MJ,Reinker K,Johnson B,Rauen KA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) obtained by electrical root stimulation and F waves were used to examine the proximal nerve conduction velocity (CV) to tibialis anterior (TA), extensor digitorum brevis (EDB), flexor carpi radialis (FCR), and abductor pollicis brevis (APB) muscles in 40 humans. By subtracting motor late...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zwarts MJ,Guechev A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on five patients who presented with unilateral or bilateral hypoplasia of the thenar eminence. X rays of the affected limbs showed varying degrees of malformation and underdevelopment of the thumb phalanges and first metacarpal bone, and of the carpal bones at the base of the thumb, indicating a developmenta...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cavanagh NP,Yates DA,Sutcliffe J

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and striated muscle antibodies (StrAbs) are found frequently in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with thymoma. In this study we aimed to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of these antibodies for thymoma in patients with MG. METHO...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Choi Decroos E,Hobson-Webb LD,Juel VC,Massey JM,Sanders DB

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spastic paresis follows chronic disruption of the central execution of volitional command. Motor function in patients with spastic paresis is subjected over time to three fundamental insults, of which the last two are avoidable: (1) the neural insult itself, which causes paresis, i.e., reduced voluntary motor unit rec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gracies JM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) remains uncertain when nerve conduction studies (NCS) fail to show demyelination. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective study of patients who presented with clinical criteria of CIDP in whom electrodiagnostic (EDx) criteria of definite o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Devic P,Petiot P,Mauguiere F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in the reorganization of health-care settings affecting clinical care delivery to patients with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DBMD) as well as other inherited muscular dystrophies. The magnitude of the impact of this public health emergency on the...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Veerapandiyan A,Wagner KR,Apkon S,McDonald CM,Mathews KD,Parsons JA,Wong BL,Eichinger K,Shieh PB,Butterfield RJ,Rao VK,Smith EC,Proud CM,Connolly AM,Ciafaloni E

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define numerically the clinical severity of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), we developed a protocol that quantifies muscle weakness by combining the functional evaluation of six muscle groups affected in this disease. To validate reproducibility of the protocol, 69 patients were recruited. Each patie...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lamperti C,Fabbri G,Vercelli L,D'Amico R,Frusciante R,Bonifazi E,Fiorillo C,Borsato C,Cao M,Servida M,Greco F,Di Leo R,Volpi L,Manzoli C,Cudia P,Pastorello E,Ricciardi L,Siciliano G,Galluzzi G,Rodolico C,Santoro L

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured distal sympathetic and vagal function in 73 consecutive patients with diabetic neuropathy seen at the Mayo Autonomic Reflex Laboratory. Postganglionic sympathetic failure measured proximally within the foot occurred as commonly as vagal failure (58% and 55%, respectively) and occurred much more frequently ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Low PA,Zimmerman BR,Dyck PJ

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with peripheral neuropathy frequently suffer from positive sensory (pain and paresthesias) and motor (muscle cramping) symptoms even in the recovery phase of the disease. To investigate the pathophysiology of increased axonal excitability in peripheral nerve regeneration, we assessed the temporal and spatial ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nakata M,Baba H,Kanai K,Hoshi T,Sawai S,Hattori T,Kuwabara S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Polyneuropathy signs (Neuropathy Impairment Score, NIS), neurophysiologic tests (m+7Ionis ), disability, and health scores were assessed in baseline evaluations of 100 patients entered into an oligonucleotide familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) trial. METHODS:We assessed: (1) Proficiency of grading ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dyck PJ,Kincaid JC,Dyck PJB,Chaudhry V,Goyal NA,Alves C,Salhi H,Wiesman JF,Labeyrie C,Robinson-Papp J,Cardoso M,Laura M,Ruzhansky K,Cortese A,Brannagan TH 3rd,Khoury J,Khella S,Waddington-Cruz M,Ferreira J,Wang AK,

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tenotomy is a commonly encountered clinical entity, whether traumatic or iatrogenic. This article reviews the response of skeletal muscle to tenotomy. The changes are subdivided into molecular, architectural, and functional categories. Architectural disruption of the muscle includes myofiber disorganization, central c...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jamali AA,Afshar P,Abrams RA,Lieber RL

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:To study causes of obturator neuropathy and to correlate them with outcome, we retrospectively studied patients seen at the Mayo Clinic electromyography (EMG) laboratory from 1975 through 1999 with a diagnosis of obturator neuropathy. Twenty-two patients with obturator neuropathy were identified. The clinical outcome ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sorenson EJ,Chen JJ,Daube JR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00