We have compared the delay in onset of 1% mepivacaine and 0.33% bupivacaine in different nerve fibre types in 10 volunteers undergoing median nerve blocks, in a randomized, double-blind, crossover study. Hot, cold, pinprick and light touch sensations, compound motor action potentials (CMAP), sensory nerve action potentials (SNAP) and skin temperature were recorded at 2-min intervals. Hot, cold,...

Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a malignant, soft-tissue tumor for which few effective therapies exist. Previously, we showed that there are three molecular subtypes of LMS. Here, we analyzed genes differentially expressed in each of the three LMS subtypes as compared to benign leiomyomas and then used the Connectivity Map (cmap) to calculate enrichment scores for the 1309 cmap drugs in order to identi...

PURPOSE Efforts to provide medication assistance to the rural poor in central Louisiana are described. SUMMARY The Central Louisiana Medication Access Program (CMAP) began functioning in 2001 with the objective of providing medication assistance and medication education to the rural poor in the community. The program serves individuals who use the outpatient clinic at the state-run public hos...

Twenty normal individuals were submitted to facial nerve electroneurography using different techniques in order to determine the most accurate to obtain the latencies and amplitudes of the compound muscle action potentials (CMAP) of the facial muscles. First of all it was determined in which muscle or muscle group highest amplitude CMAP could be recorded with the lowest variability between side...

Abstract Introduction Motor neuron loss is the primary pathologic feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). An estimate number surviving motor units (MUs) represents a direct measure disease state in ALS. The objective study to compare MU estimation (MUNE) using multipoint stimulation method (MPS) and compound muscle action potentials (CMAP) amplitude patients with Methods Twenty-eight AL...

Aim: The heterogeneity of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) clinical phenotypes leads to difficulties in early diagnosis. ‘split hand’ sign is defined as thenar muscles that are more prominently affected by hypothenar. In this study, results initial nerve conduction study patients were compared with those controls order increase findings supporting diagnosis.
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background: many people suffer from nerve injury. the time consuming nature of the treatments makes the condition worse. therefore, finding a way to accelerate the process of nerve repair is very important. objective: to determine the effect of ultrasound on the acceleration of crushed peripheral nerve regeneration. methods: the experimental model included crushed rat’s sciatic nerve. 40 rats w...

To investigate the feasibility of both needle electromyography (EMG) and proximal nerve conduction studies (NCS) in predicting C5 palsy after posterior cervical decompression. This study included 192 patients with myelopathy undergoing laminoplasty or laminectomy. Preoperatively, all accepted bilateral EMG detection NCS that consisted supramaximally stimulating Erb’s point recording compound mu...

the goal of this study was to investigate the effect of using computer conceptual maps­, compared with  usual way of drawing them by pencil and paper­, in increasing learning, recalling and educational progress motivation in geology course among high school students. the study was conducted in semi experimental method in which students of 3 classes were classified in 3 groups. (group 1: common ...

BACKGROUND The severity of neuromuscular symptoms and signs in hypothyroidism is known to be related to the duration and degree of hormone deficiency. PURPOSE The present study was aimed to assess whether recently diagnosed and untreated hypothyroidism affects peripheral nervous system. METHODS The study included a total of 120 female subjects with age ranging from 20 to 45 years. The motor...