Homonymous and heteronymous monosynaptic reflexes in biceps brachii.

abstract：:Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) causes significant morbidity and impairment in critically ill patients. Recent advances in neuromuscular ultrasound (NMUS) allow evaluation of neuromuscular pathology early in critical illness. Here we review application of ultrasound in ICU-AW. MEDLINE-indexed articles w...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bunnell A,Ney J,Gellhorn A,Hough CL

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Jitter after axonal microstimulation in the masseter muscle was studied in 30 consecutive patients (12 women) with myasthenia gravis (MG). Patients' mean age was 42.3 (12-75), median disease duration was 3 months (1-72), and onset was ocular (15 cases), oculobulbar (7), bulbar (6), or generalized (2). There were 23 ne...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Khuraibet AJ,Rousseff RT,Behbehani R,al-Shubaili AF,Khan RA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison was made between simultaneous recordings of the electromyogram (EMG) and acoustic myogram (AMG) signals and the torque produced by the lumbar erectores spinae muscles of three healthy subjects while they performed isometric contractions. Repeatability of each signal was studied. The AMG had a relationship t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stokes IA,Moffroid MS,Rush S,Haugh LD

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological changes of the subneural apparatus (SNA) during denervation and reinnervation are demonstrated using the hamster peroneus longus muscle. One week after nerve section, synaptic grooves (SGs) were more shallow, with lowered sarcoplasmic ridges. After 4 weeks, the whole SNA area was elevated above the sarco...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Matsuda Y,Oki S,Kitaoka K,Nagano Y,Nojima M,Desaki J

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To collect preliminary data on the effects of mexiletine on cortical and axonal hyperexcitability in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a phase 2 double-blind randomized controlled trial. METHODS:Twenty ALS subjects were randomized to placebo and mexiletine 300 or 600 mg daily for 4 wk and asse...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weiss MD,Macklin EA,McIlduff CE,Vucic S,Wainger BJ,Kiernan MC,Goutman SA,Goyal NA,Rutkove SB,Ladha SS,Chen IA,Harms MB,Brannagan TH,Lacomis D,Zivkovic S,Ma M,Wang LH,Simmons Z,Rivner MH,Shefner JM,Cudkowicz ME,A

更新日期：2020-12-19 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：:In median nerve lesions of the hand, electrophysiologic evaluation of the second lumbrical muscle can help to differentiate between lesions of the common digital nerves and the proper digital nerves, as illustrated by this case report. Median nerve conduction studies to the second lumbrical muscle can be performed by ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Busis NA,Logigian EL,Shahani BT

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During postnatal development of extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle, sodium withdrawal contractures were observed during the first 6 days after birth, and not after this time. In regenerating EDL muscles, zero-Na contractures were demonstrated: (1) 7 days after bupivacaine injection, but not 14 or 90 days after thi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Louboutin JP,Noireaud J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a novel missense mutation in the myophosphorylase gene in a Spanish patient with McArdle's disease. The patient was homozygous for a T-to-C transition at codon 115 (L115P) in exon 3, which changed an encoded leucine (CUG) to a proline (CCG). This is the first mutation to be described in exon 3 and i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gamez J,Fernandez R,Bruno C,Andreu AL,Cervera C,Navarro C,Schwartz S,Dimauro S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied membrane ultrastructural localization of anionic phospholipids (AP) and sialic acid (SA) calcium binding sites in muscle biopsies from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and 3 Becker's muscular dystrophy (BMD) patients using polymyxin B (PXB) and limulus polyphemus (LP) as cytochemical markers. We found that...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Moggio M,Fagiolari G,Prelle A,Gallanti A,Sciacco M,Scarlato G

更新日期：1992-03-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We sought to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and evaluate the internal consistency and validity of the Chinese version of the 15-Item Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life (MG-QOL15). METHODS:Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the MG-QOL15 were performed. We used Cronbach's α to test internal con...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miao X,Lian Z,Liu J,Chen H,Shi Z,Li M,Zhou H,Hu X,Yang R

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Although the molecular defect causing Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) has been identified, the biochemical mechanisms that lead to muscle necrosis remain unclear. Exercise-related muscle metabolism in 9 mildly affected BMD patients was assessed by muscle 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((31)P MRS) during...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tosetti M,Linsalata S,Battini R,Volpi L,Cini C,Presciutti O,Muntoni F,Cioni G,Siciliano G

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Heterozygous mutations in the Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy (BSCL2) gene have been associated with different clinical phenotypes including Silver syndrome/spastic paraplegia 17, distal hereditary motor neuropathy type V, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2) with predominant hand involvement. We s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Luigetti M,Fabrizi GM,Madia F,Ferrarini M,Conte A,Delgrande A,Tonali PA,Sabatelli M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to determine the relative importance of the nerve cell body and of the axon in initiating and controlling axonal regeneration, nerve cell bodies were irradiated and the ability of the distal axon to sprout was examined. Mice were subjected to either 25 or 50 Gray (Gy) of x-irradiation localized to the lu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pamphlett RS

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Information related to the long-term follow-up of neuropathy in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation is still scarce. METHODS:We describe the neuropathic features of 3 patients with the transthyretin Val30Met mutation. Each patient underwent liver transplantation at an...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Koike H,Hashimoto R,Tomita M,Kawagashira Y,Iijima M,Nakamura T,Watanabe H,Kamei H,Kiuchi T,Sobue G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of altering (cross-reinnervation, CR) and/or eliminating (spinal isolation, SI) the activation-dependent neural input to the cat soleus for 8 months on its mechanical and biochemical properties were determined. The percent fast fibers was 0, 27, 38, and 54% for normal control (NC), NC-CR, SI, and SI-CR cat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Roy RR,Eldridge L,Baldwin KM,Edgerton VR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation analyzes the temporal characteristics of maximal depolarization times for three waveforms: end-plate spikes, fibrillation potentials, and positive sharp waves (PSWs) to provide support for the electrode initiation hypothesis of PSW induction. The maximal depolarization times for PSWs are documented ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dumitru D,Santa Maria DL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five consecutive patients with clinical symptoms and signs of meralgia paresthetica underwent bilateral somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) studies involving stimulation of skin areas innervated by the lateral and anterior femoral cutaneous nerves of the thighs. The most common abnormality was an absolute lat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cordato DJ,Yiannikas C,Stroud J,Halpern JP,Schwartz RS,Akbunar M,Cook M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:UDP N-acetylglucosamine2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine-kinase (GNE) gene mutations can cause mostly autosomal-recessive myopathy with juvenile-onset known as hereditary inclusion-body myopathy (HIBM). METHODS:We describe a family of a patient showing an unusual HIBM with both vacuolar myopathy and myositi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chakravorty S,Berger K,Arafat D,Nallamilli BRR,Subramanian HP,Joseph S,Anderson ME,Campbell KP,Glass J,Gibson G,Hegde M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of differences in motor unit activity across contraction types and between hands suggests that the magnitude of fluctuations in motor output is only weakly related when these conditions are compared. Twenty right-handed young (24.1 +/- 5.3 years) and old (72.5 +/- 4.9 years) adults performed three levels ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Shinohara M,Keenan KG,Enoka RM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can differentiate into various cell types. METHODS:In this study we investigated the potential of human tonsil-derived MSCs (T-MSCs) for neuromuscular regeneration in trembler-J (Tr-J) mice, a model for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A). RESULTS:T-MSCs differentiat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Park S,Choi Y,Kwak G,Hong YB,Jung N,Kim J,Choi BO,Jung SC

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Several monoclonal antibodies (mcAbs) elicited against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) from Torpedo react also with skeletal muscle AChR. Such mcAbs were used to define antigenic determinants on muscle AChR and to elucidate their effect on muscle AChR functions. Primary chick muscle cultures were used as a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Souroujon MC,Mochly-Rosen D,Gordon AS,Fuchs S

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously reported patient presenting sensory-dominant neuropathy with antiganglioside antibodies, bound preferentially to polysialogangliosides including GD1b, was autopsied. While axonal degeneration was predominant in the sural nerve, many demyelinated fibers were present in the spinal roots. Dorsal roots had un...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Obi T,Murakami T,Takatsu M,Kusunoki S,Serizawa M,Mizoguchi K,Koike R,Nishimura Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the self-reported prevalence of needlestick injuries among practicing electromyographers. In January 2008, an anonymous electronic survey was sent to all active members of the American Association for Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) who provided e-mail ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mateen FJ,Grant IA,Sorenson EJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00