Central fatigue assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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：:The motor end-plate fine structure and distribution of junctional acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) were studied. Morphometric analysis was carried out in 74 end-plates (92 innervated and 47 denuded postsynaptic regions) from 10 patients with ALS. AChR was studied by ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Tsujihata M,Hazama R,Yoshimura T,Satoh A,Mori M,Nagataki S

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The p.A1156T mutation alters the function of the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.4 on the muscle sarcolemma, causing a channelopathy without overt myotonia or periodic paralysis but with myalgic pain. METHODS:A postal survey was conducted to assess the prevalence and characteristics of pain and related ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Suokas K,Palmio J,Sandell S,Udd B,Hietaharju A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to know the effects of prolonged repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) when it is used in neurophysiological studies. RNS with up to 100 supramaximal stimuli was given to the median, ulnar, and peroneal nerves of normal subjects and the ulnar nerves of subjects with early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AL...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Baumann F,Henderson RD,Tremayne F,Hutchinson N,McCombe PA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), knowledge about the pattern of treatment response in a wide spectrum of muscle groups, distal as well as proximal, after intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) initiation is lacking. METHODS:Hand-held dynamometry data of 11 upper and lower limb muscles, from 47 patients wi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bakers JNE,van Eijk RPA,van den Berg LH,Visser-Meily JMA,Beelen A

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A chronic high alcohol intake was induced in rats through the use of two procedures: the schedule-induced polydipsia technique and the liquid diet technique. Rats consumed 11-12 g of ethanol per kilogram body weight per day for 16 to 18 weeks. Morphologic evidence of a mild distal axonal neuropathy in the ventral caud...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bosch EP,Pelham RW,Rasool CG,Chatterjee A,Lash RW,Brown L,Munsat TL,Bradley WG

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate whether the frontal components of scalp somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) depend on the type of peripheral input, we compared scalp SEPs in response to electrical stimuli applied to: (i) the proximal phalanx of the thumb, involving both deep and cutaneous afferents; and (ii) the distal phalanx of the...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Restuccia D,Valeriani M,Barba C,Le Pera D,Tonali P,Mauguière F

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to describe the therapeutic effects of immunomodulatory therapy in 3 patients with childhood autoimmune necrotizing myopathy with anti-signal recognition particle antibodies (SRP-ANM). METHODS:Before treatment, data on clinical features, muscle pathology, and thigh MRIs were obta...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zhao Y,Liu X,Zhang W,Yuan Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sisters with a Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) duplication, who had an unusual CMT1A clinical phenotype, are described. The 63-year-old proband presented with dysesthesia on the inner side of the right leg. Neurological examination revealed a localized sensory disturbance in the lower extremities and m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Murakami T,Oomori H,Hara A,Uyama E,Mita S,Uchino M

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：:We describe a consanguineous family that had progressive myopathy with rimmed vacuole (RV) formation and amyloid deposition. Patient 1 is a 71-year-old woman with muscle atrophy in the lumbar girdle and lower extremities. Patient 2 is a 40-year-old man (the son of Patient 1) with fatty changes in the biceps femoris mu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kojima Y,Sakai K,Ishida C,Asaka T,Hamaguchi T,Nozaki I,Fukushima K,Tsuchiya A,Kametani F,Yazaki M,Okino S,Yamada M

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:A new combined stain for the simultaneous demonstration of motor nerve terminals and cholinesterase at neuromuscular junctions is described. It employs bromoindoxyl acetate dye-staining for cholinesterase and silver-gold impregnation for nerve terminals. The clarity and reliability of the stain permit quantitative mea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pestronk A,Drachman DB

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:We aimed to describe the electrophysiological progression rate of chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP) and look into the potential role of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genetic susceptibility in its development. METHODS:We recruited 57 patients with CIAP (mean age at diagnosis 67, mean follow-up ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zis P,Sarrigiannis PG,Artemiadis A,Skarlatou V,Hadjivassiliou M

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intensive care unit (ICU) patients often develop weakness. Rehabilitation is initiated early to prevent physical deterioration, but knowledge of optimal training schedules is lacking. A reliable method to assess muscle activity during exercise is needed. In this study we explored the feasibility of electri...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sommers J,Van Den Boorn M,Engelbert RHH,Nollet F,Van Der Schaaf M,Horn J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using poststimulus time histograms, it has been reported that stimulation of the median nerve at the elbow produces a monosynaptic EPSP in voluntarily active single motoneurons of the human biceps brachii. The present study was undertaken to: (i) determine whether such stimulation could evoke a reproducible reflex res...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miller TA,Mogyoros I,Burke D

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technical and instrumentation factors play an important role in obtaining reliable information during electrodiagnostic studies. With contemporary electrodiagnostic equipment, neurophysiologic potentials are detected using a variety of electrodes and undergo differential amplification, filtering, conversion to digital...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gitter AJ,Stolov WC

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A link between the cardioprotective benefits of pharmacological preconditioning and natural mammalian hibernation is considered to involve the cellular activation of opioid receptors and subsequent opening of K(ATP) channels. In previous studies, we have demonstrated the protective effects of specific delta-opioid ago...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hong J,Sigg DC,Coles JA Jr,Oeltgen PR,Harlow HJ,Soule CL,Iaizzo PA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frog muscles bathed in solutions equilibrated with 0.5%-2.0% halothane develop large contractures when cooled to 2-4 degrees C. These halothane-cooling contractures (HCC) are dose dependent and reproducible; they are potentiated by lidocaine (5 mM), abolished by procaine (5 mM), and partially inhibited by procainamide...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Suarez-Kurtz G,Sudo RT

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) has potent survival-promoting effects on motor neurons in vitro and in vivo and may be effective in treating motor neuron diseases (MND). We investigated the effects of CT-1 treatment in wobbler mouse MND. Wobbler mice were randomly assigned to receive subcutaneously injected CT-1 (1 mg/kg, n = ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mitsumoto H,Klinkosz B,Pioro EP,Tsuzaka K,Ishiyama T,O'Leary RM,Pennica D

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We describe a novel, clinically applicable conduction study of the laryngeal nerves. METHODS:Seventeen normal volunteer subjects were included. Activation of the sensory territory of the superior laryngeal nerve was performed by administration of low level brief electrical stimuli. The laryngeal closure r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carey B,Sulica L,Wu A,Branski R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Premotor potentials (PMPs) precede compound muscle action potentials evoked from the second lumbrical muscle after median nerve stimulation. Although PMP has been identified as a median sensory nerve action potential, few reports have documented the significance of PMP parameters for diagnosing carpal tunn...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kodama M,Sasao Y,Tochikura M,Kasahara T,Koyama Y,Aono K,Fujii C,Hanayama K,Takahashi O,Kobayashi Y,Masakado Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study some particular and puzzling aspects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are discussed, with an emphasis on the role of neocortical evolution. Other issues explored include the nature of the clinical deficit in ALS; anatomical and evolutionary aspects of the neocortex, motor cortex, and corpus callosu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Eisen A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic neuropathies are the most common type of neuropathies seen in clinical practice. These neuropathies can range clinically from asymptomatic to manifesting symptoms caused by motor, sensory, and autonomic nerve dysfunction. These neuropathies can affect the peripheral nervous system, pain receptors, cardiovascu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Patel K,Horak H,Tiryaki E

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:Epidemiological studies of the carpal tunnel syndrome have generally overlooked the possibility of a familial occurrence. A prospective study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and significance of a positive family history of carpal tunnel syndrome. Seventy-five of 253 women and 40 of 168 men with a confirmed ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Radecki P

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians have an ethical and legal duty to obtain patients' informed consent before ordering testing and treatment. Informed consent encompasses informed refusal, the correlative right of patients to refuse tests and therapies they do not want. A patient's informed consent requires adequate information, capacity to ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bernat JL

更新日期：2001-05-01 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