''Malignant Hypothermia'' syndrome is a rare, but dangerous occurrence, the aetiology of which is not known. Up to this date 180 cases have been reported. This syndrome i's seen generally in :male children over age of two years, and especially in adolescent males. Also those people with muscular abnormalities are more susciptable to this illnes'S. Anaesthetic agent such as halothane or muscular...

OBJECTIVE: The development of morphological and functional imaging techniques has improved the diagnosis of muscular disorders. METHODS: With the use of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the possibility of imaging the entire body has been introduced. In patients with suspected myositis, oedematous and inflammatory changed muscles can be sufficiently depicted and therefore biopsies be...

UNLABELLED The aim of this research is to present the results of neuromuscular assessment using tensiomyography (TMG) in multiple sclerosis for prediction the muscle changes. This study consists of 20 patients, selected conform to certain criteria. Thus, according to diagnosis and MS level, the studied group was divided into two subgroups: subgroup A, consisting of 13 MS patients with clinicall...

Abstract Muscular dystrophies are devastating and untreatable genetic diseases leading to progressive muscle degeneration weakness. The expanding landscape of CRISPR-Cas-based genome editing tools allows the in situ repair many disease-causing mutations patient cells an unprecedented manner. Here, I discuss recent advances challenges for using gene edited stem autologous cell replacement therap...

In the last few years there has been an increase in interest among neurologists and geneticists in the spinal muscular atrophies. With the advent of several relatively sophisticated diagnostic procedures many patients once thought to be suffering from muscular dystrophy have in fact been found to have spinal muscular atrophy. The spinal muscular atrophies may be defined as a group of inherited ...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to assess the impact of muscular strength on mortality in men with hypertension. BACKGROUND Muscular strength is inversely associated with mortality in healthy men, but this association has not been examined in men with hypertension. METHODS We followed 1,506 hypertensive men age 40 years and older enrolled in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study from 1980 to ...

OBJECTIVE Muscular fitness levels have been associated with cardiometabolic risk in children, although whether body weight acts as a confounder or as an intermediate variable in this relationship remains controversial. The aim of this study was to examine whether the association between muscular fitness and cardiometabolic risk factors is mediated by body mass index (BMI). DESIGN AND METHODS ...

In the last few years there has been an increase in interest among neurologists and geneticists in the spinal muscular atrophies. With the advent of several relatively sophisticated diagnostic procedures many patients once thought to be suffering from muscular dystrophy have in fact been found to have spinal muscular atrophy. The spinal muscular atrophies may be defined as a group of inherited ...

Duchenne type muscular dystrophy is a condition which begins in infancy or early childhood, and is characterized by progressive muscle weakness leading to death in the late teens or early twenties (Walton and Nattrass, I954). This type of muscular dystrophy has been variously referred to as 'pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy' (Bell, I948), 'progressive muscular dystrophy of childhood' (Step...

Ballet Pilates é uma modalidade inovadora que une princípios do com movimentos Clássico, melhora respiração, aumento da força muscular e flexibilidade. Ademais, a avaliação isocinética detecta desequilíbrios musculares. Esta pesquisa justifica-se pela escassez de publicações acerca desta exercício, necessitando, conhecimento aperfeiçoado dos benefícios prática. Objetivou-se quantificar ganho co...