Muscle computed tomography in adult-onset acid maltase deficiency.

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：:Disappointing functional recovery following peripheral nerve repair can be improved by neurotrophic growth factors. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is unique in that it has independent neurotrophic and myotrophic actions. The aim of this study was to explain this finding by establishing the existence of anterograde a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bennett TM,Dowsing BJ,Austin L,Messina A,Nicola NA,Morrison WA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been shown that muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) improves the phenotypic characterization of patients with neuromuscular disorders and allows accurate quantification of muscle and adipose tissue distribution, to date quantitative MRI has not been used to assess the therapeutic response in clinic...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pichiecchio A,Poloni GU,Ravaglia S,Ponzio M,Germani G,Maranzana D,Costa A,Repetto A,Tavazzi E,Danesino C,Moglia A,Bastianello S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to clarify the morphologic variations of the Martin-Gruber anastomosis (MGA) by tracing the anastomotic fascicles. We used 102 upper limbs, and MGA was found in 39.2%. Among 12 instances of MGA between the branches innervating the flexor digitorum profundus muscle, eight anastomotic branches solely in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Lee KS,Oh CS,Chung IH,Sunwoo IN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle biopsy and computerized tomography indicated that unilateral enlargement of the gastrocnemius muscle in a 12-year-old girl was the result of an infiltrating lipoma. This rare condition may cause diagnostic confusion before EMG and muscle biopsy studies are performed, but it can be readily distinguished from oth...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fetell MR,Duffy PE,Rowland LP

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Peripheral nerve injuries (PNI) are among the leading causes of physical disability in the United States. The majority of injuries occur in the upper extremities, and functional recovery is often limited. Robust animal models are critical first steps for developing effective therapies to restore function a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Meyers EC,Granja R,Solorzano BR,Romero-Ortega M,Kilgard MP,Rennaker RL 2nd,Hays S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Low-intensity electrical stimuli of digital nerves may generate a double peak potential (DPp), composed of a cathodal (caAP) and an anodal (anAP) potential in orthodromic recordings. METHODS:We studied the effects on caAP and anAP of stimuli of variable intensity, duration, and frequency. We also applied ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Leote J,Pereira P,Cabib C,Cipullo F,Valls-Sole J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapid and accessible methods for diagnosing diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) have been developed, but not validated, in large cohorts of people with diabetes. METHODS:The performance of a point-of-care device (POCD) was studied in 168 patients with type 2 diabetes, estimating the sensitivity, specificity, po...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kural MA,Andersen ST,Andersen NT,Andersen H,Charles M,Finnerup NB,Jensen TS,Tankisi H

更新日期：2019-02-01 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 evaluate the ultrasound (US) morphological changes of sural nerves (SNs) of uremic patients on hemodialysis. METHODS:Sixty-six SNs in 33 uremic patients were examined by 22-MHZ high-frequency US and routine nerve conduction studies (NCS), and 76 SNs in 38 controls were also ex...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wei M,Zhu J,Wang N,Xue Q,Liu F,Hu B,Fang J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Intravascular lymphomatosis, also known as endovascular lymphoma or angiotropic large cell lymphoma, is a rare malignancy typically diagnosed at autopsy. We describe a case in which the diagnosis was made at an early stage. Specific electrodiagnostic findings suggested concomitant polyneuropathy and myopathy. Suspicio...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Oei ME,Kraft GH,Sarnat HB

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Motoneurons can be activated both reflexly and antidromically following electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves. These H reflexes and F waves are clinically useful responses which interface at the level of the peripheral nerves and the spinal cord. Because these responses are commonly employed in the electrodiagno...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fisher MA

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroelectromyography is used to study the electrical activity of the entire motor unit. The amplitude of the motor unit action potential (MUP), recorded from a bared cannula, is dependent on the number and size of muscle fibers in the motor unit. In most situations of reinnervation the local fiber density (FD) as rec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Stålberg E

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Weakness in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) may be caused by decreases in muscle quantity and quality, but this has not been explored. METHODS:Twelve patients with CIDP (mean age 61 years) and 10 age-matched (mean age 59 years) control subjects were assessed for ankl...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gilmore KJ,Doherty TJ,Kimpinski K,Rice CL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study sought to estimate the global prevalence of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-FAP). METHODS:Prevalence estimates and information supporting prevalence calculations was extracted from records yielded by reference-database searches (2005-2016), conference proceedings, and nonpee...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Schmidt HH,Waddington-Cruz M,Botteman MF,Carter JA,Chopra AS,Hopps M,Stewart M,Fallet S,Amass L

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：: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：:A patient in perfect health prior to electrical shock developed an ALS-like syndrome after the shock. Onset of the disease occurred in the limb through which the shock entered, and subsequently followed a course well-described in previous case reports. Possible mechanisms of disease are discussed. ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sirdofsky MD,Hawley RJ,Manz H

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We evaluated diagnostic value of sensory tests during recovery from iatrogenic sensory neuropathy using intraoperatively verified nerve injury with subjective symptoms as gold standard. METHODS:Inferior alveolar nerves were monitored neurophysiologically throughout mandibular osteotomy in 19 patients. Sen...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Teerijoki-Oksa T,Forssell H,Jääskeläinen SK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mitochondria are semi-autonomous organelles that are able to change their shape, size, location, and number inside the living cell. Mitochondrial division is an extremely important process, because cell survival depends on there being an adequate number of mitochondria in each cell. The dynamics of these o...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Fidziańska A,Glinka Z

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and neurophysiological features of multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) indicate selective involvement of motor axons, but pathological abnormalities in sensory axons suggest a more widespread disease process. The present study was undertaken to determine whether the focal abnormalities are associated with w...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cappelen-Smith C,Kuwabara S,Lin CS,Burke D

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of effective therapy for many of the chronic neuromuscular diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, hereditary motor sensory neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease), spinocerebellar degenerations and idiopathic polyneuropathy has led to a search for substances that may stimulate peripheral nerve regen...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Bradley WG

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a woman with a slowly progressive adult onset proximal myopathy, muscle biopsy showed storage of PAS positive material in type 1 fibers. This material consisted of a branched chain polysaccharide associated with a mucoprotein. No abnormality of glycogen-pathway enzymes was detected. This suggested that this polysac...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Thompson AJ,Swash M,Cox EL,Ingram DA,Gray A,Schwartz MS

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nosologic distinction between paramyotonia congenita and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is somewhat blurred. Muscle membrane inexcitability induced by cooling seems to be characteristic of paramyotonia congenita. The effect of cooling on the maximal compound muscle action potential (CMAP) in patients with paramyo...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Subramony SH,Wee AS,Mishra SK

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local cooling of the muscle resulted in significant increases in M wave surface areas in patients with ALS, myasthenia gravis, the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, and also in controls. The most striking increases were seen in patients with early ALS who had minimal lower motor neuron involvement and/or little defec...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Denys EH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polylysines, polyornithine, and protamine increased the release of creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from frog muscles. With 5 micrograms/ml (50 nM) of a polylysine of molecular weight 100,000, enzyme release reached peak values (ten-fold above control) within 30 minutes; subsequent removal of the p...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Suarez-Kurtz G

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess whether peripheral neuropathy is a feature of glycogen storage disease type IIIa (GSD IIIa) in adult patients. METHODS:Medical records of a cohort of adult GSD IIIa patients who underwent electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCS) were reviewed, and the r...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Herlin B,Laforět P,Labrune P,Fournier E,Stojkovic T

更新日期：2016-02-01 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