Postexercise phosphocreatine resynthesis is slowed in multiple sclerosis.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We report preliminary findings of nerve ultrasound in patients with cerebellar ataxia neuropathy vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS) who have sensory impairment due to dorsal root ganglionopathy. METHODS:The ultrasound cross-sectional area (CSA) of median and ulnar nerves of 7 CANVAS patients was compa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pelosi L,Leadbetter R,Mulroy E,Chancellor AM,Mossman S,Roxburgh R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The ability to distinguish between normal thymus, thymic hyperplasia, and thymoma should aid clinical management and decision making in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). We sought to determine the accuracy of routine imaging in predicting thymic pathology. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed records o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Klimiec E,Quirke M,Leite MI,Hilton-Jones D

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:While current exercise guidelines recommend progressive, high-intensity resistance training (RT) to promote muscle hypertrophy and strength gains, controversy exists regarding the efficacy of lighter-load RT. We compared 2 work-matched RT interventions that differed in training intensity. METHODS:Fifteen ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Alegre LM,Aguado X,Rojas-Martín D,Martín-García M,Ara I,Csapo R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intramembrane particle (IMP) profile of control and dystrophic (Bio 14.6) hamster cardiac muscle plasma membrane was assessed in freeze-fracture replicas to determine whether this animal model of muscular dystrophy exhibits the same membrane characteristics found in skeletal muscle from other more thoroughly studi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Graham KA,Shivers RR,Atkinson BG

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Few data are available to quantify the risks and benefits of microvascular decompression (MVD) in elderly patients with hemifacial spasm. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients >65 years of age and 104 younger patients who underwent MVD for hemifacial spasm (HFS) over a 3-year period were analyzed retrospectively ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sekula RF Jr,Frederickson AM,Arnone GD,Quigley MR,Hallett M

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Although the blood level of creatine kinase (CK) is the most commonly used marker of muscle injury, there is marked interindividual variability in this measure. Part of this variability may be attributed to variability in the rate of CK clearance from the circulation. In this study, we assessed the possibility that CK...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Warren GL,O'farrell L,Rogers KR,Billings KM,Sayers SP,Clarkson PM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the personal computer has simplified the process of quantitating sensory thresholds using various testing algorithms. We reviewed the technical aspects and reproducibility of different methods to determine threshold for light touch-pressure, vibration, thermal, and pain stimuli. Clinical uses and li...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chong PS,Cros DP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve conduction studies (NCS) may be deferred because of a perceived risk of cardiac arrhythmia in the presence of same-limb peripheral intravenous lines. Patients with implanted pacemakers or defibrillators provide a model in whom this risk can be assessed. Twenty patients, seven with pacemakers and 13 with defibril...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mellion ML,Buxton AE,Iyer V,Almahameed S,Lorvidhaya P,Gilchrist JM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mutations in the guanosine diphosphate-mannose pyrophosphorylase-B gene (GMPPB) have been identified in congenital muscular dystrophies, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2T), and congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs); overall, 41 patients have been described. METHODS:Two patients presented with a myas...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Montagnese F,Klupp E,Karampinos DC,Biskup S,Gläser D,Kirschke JS,Schoser B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compound muscle action potential (M(MAX)) during a maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) may be measured to determine if the motor nerve has been supramaximally stimulated during the interpolated twitch technique (ITT). Ten males performed isometric knee extension MVCs. M(MAX) for the vastus medialis was recorded du...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Berger MJ,Watson BV,Doherty TJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural, biochemical, and electrophysiological analyses were done on 12-14-month-old mice deficient for myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) to further characterize the neuropathy that develops as they age. Electron microscopy demonstrated normal myelin compaction and axonal degeneration in a large number of m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Weiss MD,Luciano CA,Quarles RH

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used Southern blot analysis and the polymerase chain reaction to analyze the tissue distribution of multiple mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in a 45-year-old man with familial mitochondrial myopathy-Southern blots showed two major types of abnormal mtDNA with approximately 4- and 8-kilobase deletions in the ske...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kawashima S,Ohta S,Kagawa Y,Yoshida M,Nishizawa M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed electrophysiologic methods for testing the three major forelimb nerves as a tool to evaluate motor and sensory recovery in rats. Median, ulnar, or radial nerves were transected and repaired in Sprague-Dawley rats. Compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) were r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wang H,Sorenson EJ,Spinner RJ,Windebank AJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunologic syndromes are associated with hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection. However, mononeuropathy multiplex (MM), a syndrome in which immune factors may play a role, is rare in acute HBV infection. Few cases of MM associated with HBV infection have been reported. We report a case of acute HBV infection in which MM ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cohen JA,Wilborn SL,Rector WG Jr,Golitz LE

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Moberg Pick-Up Test is a standardized test for assessing hand dexterity. Although reduction of sensation in the hand occurs with aging, the effect of age on a subject's performance of the Moberg Pick-Up Test has not been examined. The primary goal of this study was to examine the impact of aging and, secondarily, ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Amirjani N,Ashworth NL,Gordon T,Edwards DC,Chan KM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease) may present with episodic renal failure following exertion. We present a case of adult-onset myophosphorylase deficiency in which recurrent bouts of renal failure could not be associated with any exertional events until a tonic seizure was witnessed after the fourth epis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Walker AR,Tschetter K,Matsuo F,Flanigan KM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular movements and coordination require complex and integrated functions of somatic and autonomic nervous systems. Neurological disorders affecting these nervous systems may cause ocular dysfunction involving extraocular muscles and pupils. In this article, the prevalence, clinical presentations, and management of o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Evliyaoglu F,Karadag R,Burakgazi AZ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia-reperfusion injury is implicated in the failure of free flap and replant surgeries and is associated with the pathogenesis of a wide variety of clinical diseases including stroke, myocardial infarction, spinal injury, and compartment syndromes. We used a skeletal muscle flap model to test if the induction of ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lille S,Su CY,Schoeller T,Suchy H,Lyons S,Russell RC,Neumeister M,Lai CC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sisters presented with distal weakness and their muscle biopsy was dystrophic. This distal muscular dystrophy has an autosomal recessive inheritance and its features are somewhat different from the more common autosomal dominant distal muscular dystrophy and include: a) onset in early adult life; b) involvement of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Scoppetta C,Vaccario ML,Casali C,Di Trapani G,Mennuni G

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The best treatment strategy for mild ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) is not known, due to lack of trials comparing surgery vs conservative treatment. METHODS:We recruited patients with clinical symptoms and signs of mild UNE and an electrophysiologically or sonographically confirmed diagnosis. Patient...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pompe SM,Schreuder T,Teunissen LL,Visser LH,Beekman R

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes nerve conduction studies of the deep temporal nerve (DTN) and the mylohyoid nerve (MHN) motor branches of the trigeminal nerve. These nerves were stimulated intraorally with a pediatric surface stimulator. Compound muscle action potentials were recorded over the temporalis and mylohyoid muscles ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Dillingham TR,Spellman NT,Chang AS

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hand-held dynamometry (HHD) is commonly used to measure ankle plantarflexion strength but has variable reliability measuring higher forces. Fixed HHD is suggested to improve reliability. We, therefore, compared the reliability, consistency, and accuracy of measuring plantarflexion strength. METHODS:Planta...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Davis PR,McKay MJ,Baldwin JN,Burns J,Pareyson D,Rose KJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 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:Autosomal dominant haploinsufficiency of GATA2 causes monocytopenia and natural killer cell lymphopenia, resulting in predisposition to mycobacterial, fungal, and viral infections. METHODS:Herein we report on the clinical, serologic, electrophysiologic, and pathologic evaluations of a 29-year-old woman wi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kazamel M,Klein CJ,Benarroch EE,Patnaik MM,Tracy JA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we evaluated the characteristics of the tibialis anterior muscle after sciatic nerve crush and treatment with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or the protein from natural latex (P1). METHODS:We studied the following 6 groups of male Wistar rats: control (CG); exposed nerve (EG); injured nerve ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Muniz KL,Dias FJ,Coutinho-Netto J,Calzzani RA,Iyomasa MM,Sousa LG,Santos TT,Teles Vde O,Watanabe IS,Fazan VP,Issa JP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denervation induces muscle fiber atrophy and changes in the gene expression rates of skeletal muscle. Electrical stimulation (ES) is a procedure generally used to treat denervated muscles in humans. This study evaluated the effect of ES based on chronaxie and rheobase on the expression of the myoD and atrogin-1 genes ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Russo TL,Peviani SM,Freria CM,Gigo-Benato D,Geuna S,Salvini TF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin A is used to treat focal dystonias. Because immunoresistance has been documented in some patients, other molecular forms of the toxin have been evaluated clinically. The present investigation compared the time course and extent of neuromuscular blockade and recovery of botuli...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Billante CR,Zealear DL,Billante M,Reyes JH,Sant'Anna G,Rodriguez R,Stone RE Jr

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In muscle of whole animals, pituitary growth hormone, the thyroid hormones, and insulin are major growth-promoting hormones, and the glucocorticoids have significant catabolic actions. At the cellular level the primary anabolic hormones for cultured myoblasts are the somatomedins (insulin-like growth factors) and fibr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Florini JR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of an 8-week resistance training program on force steadiness and common drive for the vastus lateralis muscle. Eight untrained men performed a resistance training program. Before the program and at the end of each week, the subjects performed a trapezoid isome...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Beck TW,Defreitas JM,Stock MS,Dillon MA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00