This paper reports on an evidence-based review of laryngeal electromyography (EMG) as a technique for use in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of laryngeal movement disorders including the laryngeal dystonias, vocal fold paralysis, and other neurolaryngological disorders. The authors performed a systematic review of the medical literature from 1944 through 2001 on the clinical application...

OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate the role of endogenous monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 in ischemia-induced neovascularization. BACKGROUND Roles of inflammatory changes including macrophage infiltration are suggested in ischemic neovascularization. METHODS Unilateral hindlimb ischemia was induced by excising surgically the entire femoral artery and vein in mice. Immediately afte...

Characterization of dynamic DNA methylomes in diverse phylogenetic groups has attracted growing interest for a better understanding of the evolution of DNA methylation as well as its function and biological significance in eukaryotes. Sequencing-based methods are promising in fulfilling this task. However, none of the currently available methods offers the 'perfect solution', and they have limi...

We have previously shown in a randomized open trial of Prempak C 0.6254 versus no treatment that adductor pollicis (AP) muscle strength increased in the treated group over 39–52 weeks [1]. Those who were weakest at the start of the trial benefited most, and the benefit occurred in the absence of any commensurate change in muscle size [1]. We have now tested whether this increased strength relat...

The development of silicone prostheses for augmentation of the calf and buttocks has led a small number of our patients to consider the use of implants for aesthetic thigh augmentation. In this article, we report a new thigh augmentation technique using submuscular placement of silicone gel-filled implants. Fresh cadaver dissections were performed to measure the space between the gracilis muscl...

The muscles of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of Arius heudeloti, Genidens genidens andBagre marinus are described and compared with those of non-ariid siluriforms. Our observations and compar-isons revealed that, although the configuration of the cephalic and pectoral girdle musculature of these ariidspecies is basically similar to that of other catfishes, these species pr...

The effect of electrical stimulation of the denervated posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) muscle on its subsequent reinnervation was explored in the canine. Eight animals were implanted with a planar array of 36 electrodes for chronic stimulation and recording of spontaneous and evoked electromyographic (EMG) potentials across the entire fan-shaped surface of a muscle pair. Normative EMG data were ...

W e congratulate Kwofie et al 1 on their thorough study on the motor effects after adductor canal block (ACB). The authors found no motor weakness after ACB in healthy volunteers using a relatively high volume of local anesthetic. The injection was made at a point considered distal to the motor supply to the quad-riceps femoris muscle. However, the motor branch to the vastus medialis muscle con...