Contractile properties of human thenar muscles paralyzed by spinal cord injury.

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：:Muscle fatigue occurs in many neuromuscular diseases, including the muscular dystrophies, and it contributes to a loss of functional capacity and reduced quality of life for affected patients. An improvement in fatigue resistance has been observed in diaphragm muscles of mdx mice following insulin-like growth factor-I...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gregorevic P,Plant DR,Lynch GS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to determine the effects of acute overload exercise on mitochondrial DNA and the structure of skeletal muscles. Rats were forced to run for 20 min until reaching complete exhaustion. We detected the large-scale deletion (7052 bp) of mitochondrial DNA by the nested polymerase chain react...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sakai Y,Iwamura Y,Hayashi J,Yamamoto N,Ohkoshi N,Nagata H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate in control subjects the effect of imagery training on the torque of plantar-flexor muscles of the ankle. Twenty-nine subjects were allocated to one of three groups that performed either imagery training, low-intensity strength training, or no training (only measurements). The l...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zijdewind I,Toering ST,Bessem B,Van Der Laan O,Diercks RL

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body weight-supported treadmill (BWST) training has been shown to improve ambulatory capacity in persons with a spinal cord injury (SCI); however, the effect that BWST training has on skeletal muscle phenotype is unknown. We aimed to determine whether 6 months (three sessions/week) of BWST training in neurologically s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stewart BG,Tarnopolsky MA,Hicks AL,McCartney N,Mahoney DJ,Staron RS,Phillips SM

更新日期：2004-07-01 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

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：BACKGROUND:The goals of this study were to determine whether serum concentrations of endocannabinoids (eCB) and related lipids predict disease status in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) relative to healthy controls, and whether concentrations correlate with disease duration and severity. METHODS:Serum...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Carter GT,McLaughlin RJ,Cuttler C,Sauber GJ,Weeks DL,Hillard CJ,Weiss MD

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Meralgia paresthetica is a common clinical complaint for which some patients ultimately undergo surgical treatment. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) has been difficult to reliably test electrophysiologically, likely due to anatomic variability and lack of responses in asymptomatic obese subjects....

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Boon AJ,Bailey PW,Smith J,Sorenson EJ,Harper CM,Hurdle MF

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data suggest that prolonged exposure to cyclic lumbar flexion elicits a chronic neuromuscular disorder and disability in workers. This study provides a physiological and biomechanical assessment of various repetitions of cyclic lumbar flexion sessions as a risk factor for development of an acute neurom...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Navar D,Zhou BH,Lu Y,Solomonow M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Full-length tyrosine kinase B (TrkB.FL) and truncated TrkB (TrkB.t1) receptors are colocalized with acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) at the neuromuscular junction. We have recently shown that reduced TrkB expression leads to age-related alterations in AChR structure, neurotransmission failure, and muscle we...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Personius KE,Parker SD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the contribution of lower motor neuron (LMN) and upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction to weakness and impaired motor control in 27 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Isometric strength was measured by dorsiflexor maximum voluntary contraction force (MVC). LMN ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kent-Braun JA,Walker CH,Weiner MW,Miller RG

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In preparation for clinical trials we examine the validity, reliability, and patient understanding of the Myotonic Dystrophy Health Index (MDHI). METHODS:Initially we partnered with 278 myotonic dystrophy type-1 (DM1) patients and identified the most relevant questions for the MDHI. Next, we used factor a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Heatwole C,Bode R,Johnson N,Dekdebrun J,Dilek N,Heatwole M,Hilbert JE,Luebbe E,Martens W,Mcdermott MP,Rothrock N,Thornton C,Vickrey BG,Victorson D,Moxley R 3rd

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with a clinical disorder that resembled vasculitic neuropathy in which peripheral nerves were successively affected over several months, but without systemic involvement. An initial muscle biopsy near the involved nerves showed signs of nonspecific inflammation around the muscle and nerve fibers....

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuntzer T,Lobrinus JA,Janzer RC,Ghika J,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reported a large study of 93 children presenting a severe form of progressive muscular dystrophy. The first clinical symptoms were noticed between 3 to 12 years. The atrophy affects, predominantly, the girdle and truncal muscles. The hypertrophy of the calves is almost consistent. The progression of the di...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ben Hamida M,Fardeau M,Attia N

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:In this study we compare the ultrasound features in the median nerve in patients with different types of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease and hereditary neuropathies with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) as a typical entrapment neuropathy. METHODS:Median nerve ultrasound and conduction studies were p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schreiber S,Oldag A,Kornblum C,Kollewe K,Kropf S,Schoenfeld A,Feistner H,Jakubiczka S,Kunz WS,Scherlach C,Tempelmann C,Mawrin C,Dengler R,Schreiber F,Goertler M,Vielhaber S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surface electromyography (SEMG) allows objective assessment and guides selection of appropriate treatment in focal hand dystonia (FHD). METHODS:Sixteen-channel SEMG obtained during different phases of a writing task was used to study timing, activation patterns, and spread of muscle contractions in FHD co...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sivadasan A,Sanjay M,Alexander M,Devasahayam SR,Srinivasa BK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Phospholipids are essential components of cellular membranes and are closely associated with cellular functions, but relationships involving skeletal muscle phospholipid profiles and their physiological phenotypes have remained unclear. METHODS:We carried out comprehensive phospholipid analyses using liqu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Senoo N,Miyoshi N,Kobayashi E,Morita A,Tanihata J,Takeda S,Miura S

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of an in-home expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) program on pulmonary, swallow, and cough function in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:EMST was tested in a prospective, single-center, double-blind, randomized, contr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Plowman EK,Tabor-Gray L,Rosado KM,Vasilopoulos T,Robison R,Chapin JL,Gaziano J,Vu T,Gooch C

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Acquired neuromyotonia is characterized by hyperexcitability of motor nerves resulting in continuous muscle fiber activity. It occurs most often as a paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with cancers of the immune system. Antibodies against voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKCs) have been detected in some patients. P...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lahrmann H,Albrecht G,Drlicek M,Oberndorfer S,Urbanits S,Wanschitz J,Zifko UA,Grisold W

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with neurogenic disorders, polymyositis, or muscular dystrophies were assessed clinically and by CT imaging of limb, limb girdle, and trunk muscles, using a standard protocol. On each side of these patients 26 movements were graded by the MRC scale, and 20 muscles were assessed by CT imaging. The clini...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Swash M,Brown MM,Thakkar C

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization of viable biological nerve graft substitutes and nerve allografts raises the problem of nerve storage. To clarify this, rat sciatic nerve segments were harvested and stored in Dulbecco's modified eagle medium. The segments were divided into three groups. In the first group, no cryoprotectant was added,...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fansa H,Lassner F,Kook PH,Keilhoff G,Schneider W

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) presents in rare instances with focal or multifocal upper limb involvement. We reviewed the clinical and electromyographic (EMG) characteristics of 10 such patients (UL-CIDP) and compared them with patients with typical generalized CIDP (G-CIDP) and multifocal m...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gorson KC,Ropper AH,Weinberg DH

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Topical application of lidocaine-and-prilocaine (LP) cream attenuates the functionality of small cutaneous nerve fibers. The aim of this human study was to measure the underlying excitability modulation of small cutaneous nerve fibers using a novel and fast perception threshold tracking (PTT) technique. M...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nielson Hoberg T,Frahm S,Hennings K,Arendt-Nielsen L,Dahl Mørch C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical testing for neuromuscular dysfunction is supported by an extensive amount of excellent basic information about normal and abnormal subcellular physiology and ultrastructure. This information provides an essential frame of reference for describing the rationale of single-fiber electromyography (SFEMG). SFEMG i...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Keesey JC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological studies were performed on the ventral tail nerve of adult rats following intraperitoneal injection of a crude extract of ciguatoxin from known toxic fish flesh. Ciguatoxin induced significant slowing of both mixed and motor nerve conduction velocities and also significant reductions in both motor ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cameron J,Flowers AE,Capra MF

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Factors determining response to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and plasmapheresis in myasthenia gravis (MG) have not been evaluated systematically. METHODS:This study included patients treated with IVIg (n = 63) or plasmapheresis (n = 42) from two trials evaluating IVIg vs. placebo or plasmapheresis in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Katzberg HD,Barnett C,Bril V

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00