Potential implications of a ciliary neurotrophic factor gene mutation in a German population of patients with motor neuron disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) are commonly prescribed to individuals with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). The aim of this study was to evaluate patient reported satisfaction with orthotic devices and services in individuals with CMT to provide preliminary data for advancing AFO development and improving clin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Zuccarino R,Anderson KM,Shy ME,Wilken JM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left spinal accessory nerve palsy occurred in a young man when he quickly turned his head to the right while his shoulders were pulled down by heavy hand-held objects. Electrophysiologic studies demonstrated partial axonotmesis of the spinal accessory nerve branches innervating the sternocleidomastoid and upper and mi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Logigian EL,McInnes JM,Berger AR,Busis NA,Lehrich JR,Shahani BT

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we examined relationships among mechanomyographic (MMG), electromyographic (EMG), and peak twitch torque (PTT) responses as well as test-retest reliability when recorded during recruitment curves in the soleus muscle. METHODS:PTT, EMG (M-wave, H-reflex), and MMG responses were recorded durin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Miramonti AA,Jenkins NDM,Oza PD,Weir JP,Cramer JT

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involuntary muscle contractions are common after spinal cord injury (SCI). Increased sensitivity to Ia muscle afferent input may contribute to the development of these spasms. Since tendon vibration results in a period of postactivation depression of the Ia synapse, we sought to determine whether Achilles tendon vibra...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Butler JE,Godfrey S,Thomas CK

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of motor innervation and muscle tension in the posthatching maturation of the slow-tonic anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle of the chicken has been investigated. Modification of the muscle tension was obtained either by maintaining ALD in a shortened state or by stretching, after or without denervation. I...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gardahaut MF,Rouaud TP,Renaud D,Khaskiye A,Le Douarin GH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the fasciculation potentials (FPs) in the small-peripheral muscles of the foot and hand and the possible associated factors, in a healthy population. One hundred-twenty-two normal individuals (65 men and 57 women), aged 17-67 years (mean 39.96, SD=12.76) participated in the stu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Mitsikostas DD,Karandreas N,Coutsopetras P,Piperos P,Lygidakis C,Papageorgiou C

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The etiology of neuropathy was idiopathic in 20%-30% of patients despite thorough investigation, based on results from the 1980s and 1990s. Since then, new etiologies have been recognized, and skin biopsy has been used to confirm small-fiber neuropathy. METHODS:The authors reviewed the charts of 373 patie...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Farhad K,Traub R,Ruzhansky KM,Brannagan TH 3rd

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：: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：: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:Our aim in this study was to determine whether intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or plasma exchange (PLEx) for treatment of neurologic disease is a trigger for thrombotic events. METHODS:Using administrative data from 2005 to 2014, we identified index admissions for thrombotic events. We performed case-cr...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Jin PH,Shin SC,Dhamoon MS

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite the existence of guidelines, painful neuropathy is often inappropriately treated. We sought to determine the effectiveness of a clinical decision support system on guideline-recommended medication use. METHODS:We randomized neurology providers, stratified by subspecialty, to a best practice alert ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Reynolds EL,Burke JF,Banerjee M,Callaghan BC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The distribution of clinical and neurophysiological abnormalities in patients with early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was investigated in an attempt to delineate patterns of disease spread. METHODS:Clinical and electrodiagnostic data were collected from 150 ALS patients and analyzed based on the cl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Simon NG,Lomen-Hoerth C,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrical characteristics of myotonia in skeletal muscle appear remarkably similar in a variety of natural disorders and animal models. Recent experimental work has made it clear, however, that the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying these myotonic discharges can be quite different. A mechanistic classificatio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Barchi RL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic body myopathy (CBM) is characterized by proteinaceous inclusion bodies in muscle tissue. A 43-year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive weakness and dysphagia. Electromyography (EMG) elsewhere demonstrated lower-limb chronic partial denervation. Muscle biopsy showed fiber size variation without dia...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Krishnan AV,Pamphlett R,Burke D,Wills EJ,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic costs of force generation were compared for constant-frequency and catchlike-inducing electrical stimulation. Repetitive catchlike-inducing trains consisted of 2 interpulse intervals (IPIs) at 12.5 ms, 1 IPI at 25 ms, and 5 IPIs at 50 ms. Constant-frequency trains consisted of 8 IPIs at 37.5 ms. One train wa...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ratkevicius A,Quistorff B

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large muscle genes are often sequenced using complementary DNA (cDNA) made from muscle messenger RNA (mRNA) to reduce the cost and workload associated with sequencing from genomic DNA. Two potential barriers are the availability of a frozen muscle biopsy, and difficulties in detecting nonsense mutations due to nonsens...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Waddell LB,Monnier N,Cooper ST,North KN,Clarke NF

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central fatigue is a subjective phenomenon which can be examined using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). To assess central fatigue, we compared TMS and peripheral electrical stimulations in patients with central nervous system (CNS) lesions and controls before and after an exhaustive task. The recovery times of...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Liepert J,Kotterba S,Tegenthoff M,Malin JP

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Muscle force generation involves recruitment and firing rate modulation of motor units (MUs). The control of MUs in producing multidirectional forces remains unclear. METHODS:We studied MU recruitment and firing properties, recorded from the first dorsal interosseous muscle, for 3 different directions of ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lei Y,Suresh NL,Rymer WZ,Hu X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study we investigated the influence of gender and obesity on electrical current thresholds in an attempt to optimize the application of skeletal muscle electrical stimulation (ES) in clinical practice. METHODS:Thirty-two obese and 35 age-matched, non-obese men and women received graded ES to the q...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Maffiuletti NA,Morelli A,Martin A,Duclay J,Billot M,Jubeau M,Agosti F,Sartorio A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with adult-onset acid maltase deficiency (Pompe's disease) were examined clinically and with computed tomography (CT). The CT scan showed early and severe involvement of the muscles of trunk and thighs, with selective sparing of the tensor fasciae latae, short head of biceps femoris, gracilis, and sartor...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： de Jager AE,van der Vliet TM,van der Ree TC,Oosterink BJ,Loonen MC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lower limb strength has never been characterized separately for late-onset and adult myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) phenotypes. METHODS:The purpose of this study was to: (1) describe and compare lower limb strength between the 2 DM1 phenotypes; and (2) compare the impairment profiles obtained from 2 asse...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Petitclerc É,Hébert LJ,Mathieu J,Desrosiers J,Gagnon C

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Paraneoplastic lower motor neuronopathies have been reported rarely with Hodgkin lymphoma. METHODS:We report a case of rapidly progressive motor neuronopathy preceding the diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma. RESULTS:A 31-year-old woman developed subacute rapidly progressive quadriparesis. Electrodiagnostic st...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Flanagan EP,Sandroni P,Pittock SJ,Inwards DJ,Jones LK Jr

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were 31 Duchenne patients placed on overnight mouth intermittent positive pressure ventilation for severe respiratory insufficiency at the average age of 19.9 years. Most patients had vital capacities less than 200 cc at their last evaluations. Of these, 23 patients are alive at the average age of 27 years and l...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bach JR,O'Brien J,Krotenberg R,Alba AS

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical stimulation was applied daily for 20 minutes to denervated rabbit extensor digitorum longus muscle. One group was stimulated with short tetani, another with 1-Hz frequency, using isometric contractions for both. Tetanic stimulation induced severe fibrosis and is harmful to denervated muscle. One Hertz stimu...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Nix WA,Dahm M

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein synthesis in soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles was measured in vitro to test the hypothesis that the lack of muscle protein accumulation in dystrophic conditions could be caused by a reduced sensitivity to insulin. We demonstrate that physiological insulin concentrations stimulate protein synt...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ballard FJ,Nield MK,Tomas FM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To address the need for greater standardization within the field of electrodiagnostic medicine, the Normative Data Task Force (NDTF) was formed to identify nerve conduction studies (NCS) in the literature, evaluate them using consensus-based methodological criteria derived by the NDTF, and identify those s...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Chen S,Andary M,Buschbacher R,Del Toro D,Smith B,So Y,Zimmermann K,Dillingham TR

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-fiber neuropathy is a common disorder. It is often "idiopathic" and typically presents with painful feet in patients over the age of 60. Autoimmune mechanisms are often suspected, but rarely identified. Known causes of small-fiber neuropathy include diabetes mellitus, amyloidosis, toxins, and inherited sensory a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lacomis D

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00