Detection of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies among patients with acute painless mononeuropathy or plexopathy.

abstract：:Little attention has been paid to small-fiber dysfunction in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) although its symptoms are common. This study investigates vasomotor dysfunction, which is controlled by small nerve fibers, in patients with CTS compared with control subjects. Vasomotor function was quantified by measuring, with...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wilder-Smith EP,Fook-Chong S,Chew SE,Chow A,Guo Y

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle cells are hypertrophied by mechanical stresses, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Two signaling pathways, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt to target of rapamycin (TOR) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase (MEK) to extracellular signal-regulated kinase...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Sasai N,Agata N,Inoue-Miyazu M,Kawakami K,Kobayashi K,Sokabe M,Hayakawa K

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Voluntary and stimulation single-fiber electromyography were performed in the extensor digitorum communis muscle of 15 myasthenic patients. The increase in mean and individual mean consecutive difference as well as the proportion of blocking in the volitional activation were greater than in the stimulation method. The...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Murga L,Sánchez F,Menéndez C,Castilla JM

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：:The effects of altering (cross-reinnervation, CR) and/or eliminating (spinal isolation, SI) the activation-dependent neural input to the cat soleus for 8 months on its mechanical and biochemical properties were determined. The percent fast fibers was 0, 27, 38, and 54% for normal control (NC), NC-CR, SI, and SI-CR cat...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Roy RR,Eldridge L,Baldwin KM,Edgerton VR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable unipedal balance is fundamental to safe ambulation. Accordingly, older persons with peripheral neuropathy (PN), who are at increased risk for falls, demonstrate impaired unipedal balance. To explore the relationship between afferent function and unipedal balance, frontal plane proprioceptive thresholds at the...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Son J,Ashton-Miller JA,Richardson JK

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Antimitochondrial antibodies are autoantibodies detected in 90% of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) patients. Some PBC cases are complicated by myositis, which is difficult to confirm due to minimal histological evidence of inflammation in limb muscles. METHODS:Our aim was to determine the extent of inflam...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Uenaka T,Kowa H,Sekiguchi K,Nagata K,Ohtsuka Y,Kanda F,Toda T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Action potentials of rabbit masseter motor units (n = 42) were registered at different jaw angles to examine whether the shape of the action potential is related to length of muscle fibers in motor units and depends on the intramuscular location of the motor unit. Twitches were elicited by stimulating motoneurons in t...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Turkawski SJ,van Eijden TM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single muscle fibers were prepared from biopsy specimens of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), normal, and neuromuscular disease controls. Single muscle cells were classified as type 1, type 2, or intermediate by the skinned fiber method. The intermediate fiber was most abundant in DMD, comprising 29% of fibers examin...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Takagi A,Ishiura S,Nonaka I,Sugita H

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated thalidomide-induced neuropathy using electrodiagnostic studies. Sixty-seven men with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer in an open-label trial of oral thalidomide underwent neurologic examinations and nerve conduction studies (NCS) prior to and at 3-month intervals during treatm...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Molloy FM,Floeter MK,Syed NA,Sandbrink F,Culcea E,Steinberg SM,Dahut W,Pluda J,Kruger EA,Reed E,Figg WD

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Myelinating Schwann cells compartmentalize their outermost layer to form actin-rich channels known as Cajal bands. Herein we investigate changes in Schwann cell architecture and cytoplasmic morphology in a novel mouse model of carpal tunnel syndrome. METHODS:Chronic nerve compression (CNC) injury was crea...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Gupta R,Nassiri N,Hazel A,Bathen M,Mozaffar T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), present in high concentrations in the mammalian spinal cord, exerts excitatory effects on the alpha-motorneuron (AMN) via axodendritic contacts. We used the neurotoxin 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) to deplete TRH from the ventral horn of the spinal cord of adult rats to determi...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Van den Bergh P,Kelly JJ Jr,Adelman L,Munsat TL,Jackson IM,Lechan RM

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Muscle weakness and functional disability have not been evaluated in a population-based study of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). METHODS:All patients with MG in a well-defined catchment area were identified in the Danish National Patient Registry. Of the 175 eligible patients, 90 participated and we...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Vinge L,Jakobsen J,Andersen H

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Muscle-derived neurotrophins are thought to contribute to the adaptation of skeletal muscle to exercise, but the effects of brief exercise interventions on BDNF, NT-4/5, and trkB are not understood. RNA was extracted for RT-PCR from soleus and medial gastrocnemius of Sprague-Dawley rats exercised on a treadmill at spe...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Ogborn DI,Gardiner PF

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the underlying physiological mechanisms for the difference in the time to failure for two types of fatiguing contractions, 20 subjects performed force and position tasks with the elbow flexor muscles at a comparable net muscle torque for a similar duration. Prior to terminating each task, blood flow was oc...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rudroff T,Poston B,Shin IS,Bojsen-Møller J,Enoka RM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The connective tissue diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, and vasculitis, may cause various disorders of the peripheral nervous system. In this review, the clinical effects of the connective tissues diseases on nerve and muscle are examined with...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Rosenbaum R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New developments in the rapid diagnosis and treatment of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have led to growing enthusiasm for instituting DMD newborn screening (NBS) in the United States. Our group has been interested in developing clinical guidance to be implemented consistently in specialty care clinics ch...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kwon JM,Abdel-Hamid HZ,Al-Zaidy SA,Mendell JR,Kennedy A,Kinnett K,Cwik VA,Street N,Bolen J,Day JW,Connolly AM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied membrane ultrastructural localization of anionic phospholipids (AP) and sialic acid (SA) calcium binding sites in muscle biopsies from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and 3 Becker's muscular dystrophy (BMD) patients using polymyxin B (PXB) and limulus polyphemus (LP) as cytochemical markers. We found that...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Moggio M,Fagiolari G,Prelle A,Gallanti A,Sciacco M,Scarlato G

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoma occasionally affects the peripheral nervous system. When it does, the diagnosis can be elusive since many patients present without known lymphoma. Most peripheral nerve complications are due to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), which infiltrates nerves causing axonal damage. This disorder can affect nerve roots a...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kelly JJ,Karcher DS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neuromuscular activation can be influenced by both muscle temperature (Tm) and fatigue. METHODS:To assess the effects of Tm and fatigue on the electromechanical delay (EMD), 15 participants performed voluntary isometric contractions of different intensities under neutral (TmN), low (TmL), and high (TmH) T...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Cè E,Rampichini S,Agnello L,Limonta E,Veicsteinas A,Esposito F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) arises from tibial nerve damage under the flexor retinaculum of the fibro-osseus tunnel at the medial malleolus. It is notoriously difficult to diagnose, as many other foot pathologies result in a similar clinical picture. We examined the additional value of nerve ultrasound in...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Samarawickrama D,Therimadasamy AK,Chan YC,Vijayan J,Wilder-Smith EP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Meralgia paresthetica is a focal neuropathy caused by compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN). The disease can be difficult to assess by neurophysiological or imaging studies. METHODS:We studied 5 patients who presented to our neuromuscular clinic from April 2012 to December 2014 with a ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Wongmek A,Shin S,Zhou L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) is a common peripheral compression neuropathy and, in most cases, occurs at 2 sites, the retroepicondylar groove or the cubital tunnel. With regard to a potential therapeutic approach with perineural corticosteroid injection, the aim of this study was to evaluate the dis...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Hamscha UM,Tinhofer I,Heber S,Grisold W,Weninger WJ,Meng S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We sought to determine which muscles to choose for better assessment of the craniobulbar region in establishing the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:We studied the frontalis muscle in 83 controls and compared it with the tongue, sternocleidomastoid (SCM), and trapezius muscles in ...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Pan H,Jian F,Lin J,Chen N,Zhang Z,Wang Y,Cui L,Kimura J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with myasthenia gravis were studied. Needle interference patterns at maximal isometric contractions were recorded from the biceps brachii muscles. Each recording lasted for 30 seconds and induced some fatigue. The EMG signals were transformed into power spectra and were analyzed for differences between...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Yaar I,Mitz AR,Pottala EW

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the clinical features of patients with femoral neuropathy and the factors that influence the prognosis. Of 80 consecutive patients referred for neurophysiological evaluations of proximal lower limb weakness, 32 fulfilled strict inclusion criteria and had adequate information, including estimates of ax...

journal_title：Muscle & nerve

authors： Kuntzer T,van Melle G,Regli F

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00