objective considerable medical and legal debates have surrounded the prognosis and outcome of obstetrical brachial plexus injuries and obstetricians are often considered responsible for the injury. in this study, we assessed the factors related to the outcome of brachial plexus palsy. material & methods during 24 months, 21 neonates with obstetrical brachial plexus injuries were enrolled. elect...

STUDY DESIGN We performed a retrospective study using the Short Form-36 Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36), clinical examination, and neuroradiologic and neurophysiologic measurements. OBJECTIVES To evaluate patient outcomes, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and clinical and neurophysiologic picture in a follow-up study of surgery for lumbar stenosis (LS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA...

Objective To evaluate the relationship between circulating phenylalanine and brain function as well neuropsychiatric symptoms in adults with phenylketonuria. Methods In this prospective cross-sectional study, early-treated patients phenylketonuria older than 30 years age- sex-matched controls were included. Extensive neurologic evaluation, neuropsychological behavioral testing, sensory motor ev...

This study sought to investigate the relationships between clinical and neurophysiologic assessments of spasticity after injection of botulinum toxin-A in children with cerebral palsy. A total of 40 children were recruited. Clinical assessments included the modified Ashworth scale and modified Tardieu scale parameters R1, R2, and D. Neurophysiologic assessment included compound motor action pot...

OBJECTIVE This study was done to evaluate the correlation between carpal tunnel pressure (CTP), electrodiagnostic and ultrasonographic findings in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS CTP was measured during endoscopic carpal tunnel release (ECTR) for CTS using Spiegelberg ICP monitoring device with parenchymal type catheter. Neurophysiologic severity and nerve cross sectional ...

The authors report the unusual clinical and neurophysiologic features of a sporadic case of a boy carrying an 806delG mutation on the MECP2 gene. A 28-month-old boy was examined for severe developmental delay, seizures, microcephaly, breathing dysfunction, and spontaneous and evoked myoclonic jerks of upper limbs. Neurophysiologic study proved the cortical origin of myoclonus; however, it was n...

OBJECTIVE To assess the ability of neurophysiologic markers in conjunction with cognitive assessment to improve prediction of progression to dementia in Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS Baseline cognitive assessments and magnetoencephalographic recordings from 63 prospectively included PD patients without dementia were analyzed in relation to PD-related dementia (PDD) conversion over a 7-year ...

In this work we demonstrate the principles of a systematic modeling approach of the neurophysiologic processes underlying a behavioral function. The modeling is based upon a flexible simulation tool, which enables parametric specification of the underlying neurophysiologic characteristics. While the impact of selecting specific parameters is of interest, in this work we focus on the insights, w...