Relation between the severity of liver cirrhosis and neurological symptoms, nerve conduction study results, and motor unit number estimation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mye A. Basheer ◽  
Reem M Gabr ◽  
Dina A El Salmawy ◽  
Marwa Khairy ◽  
Saly H Elkholy
Keyword(s):  
Liver Cirrhosis ◽  
Motor Unit ◽  
Nerve Conduction Study ◽  
Nerve Conduction ◽  
Neurological Symptoms ◽  
Motor Unit Number Estimation ◽  
Study Results

scholarly journals Chronic prurigo: Infrequent association with abnormal sural nerve conduction study results

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-94
Author(s):  
Rekha Virath ◽  
Asit Kumar Mittal ◽  
Tarun Kumar Ralot ◽  
Manisha Balai ◽  
Kapil Vyas
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Conduction Study ◽  
Nerve Conduction ◽  
Sural Nerve ◽  
Study Results

Nerve Conduction Study Results for Suspected Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. e173
Author(s):  
Joost T.P. Kortlever ◽  
Berdien Brandsema ◽  
Meijuan Zhao ◽  
David C. Ring
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Conduction Study ◽  
Nerve Conduction ◽  
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Cubital Tunnel ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome

scholarly journals Development of Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy 11 Days after Spinal Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Eiichi Kakehi ◽  
Tadataka Kawakami ◽  
Yukiko Ishikawa ◽  
Takashi Matsuoka ◽  
Naoki Nakagawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Nerve Conduction Study ◽  
Nerve Conduction ◽  
Spinal Surgery ◽  
Axonal Neuropathy ◽  
Immunoglobulin Therapy ◽  
Autonomic Nerve ◽  
Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy ◽  
Study Results

Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) usually has a good prognosis; however, patients may develop sequelae without prompt treatment. We herein describe an 81-year-old woman who developed acute-onset excruciating thigh pain and weakness in her lower extremities after spinal surgery. We diagnosed acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy by a nerve conduction study, which showed findings of demyelination without cerebrospinal fluid analysis because of a spinal prosthesis. Although anti-GM1 and anti-GalNAc-GD1a antibodies were positive, the patient was clinically diagnosed with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (a subtype of GBS), not acute motor axonal neuropathy. She recovered well with immunoglobulin therapy. A literature review of 18 cases revealed that unexplained weakness, areflexia, and numbness of the extremities after spinal surgery, a shorter time from spinal surgery to symptom onset to general GBS, abnormal nerve conduction study results, normal spinal imaging findings, and the development of atypical symptoms such as cranial and autonomic nerve syndrome and respiratory failure are useful for diagnosing GBS when cerebrospinal fluid examination cannot be performed after spinal surgery.

scholarly journals Motor Unit Number Estimation in Neuromuscular Disease

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omid Rashidipour ◽  
K. Ming Chan
Keyword(s):  
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ◽  
Motor Unit ◽  
Neuromuscular Disease ◽  
Muscular Atrophy ◽  
Neuromuscular Diseases ◽  
Neuronal Loss ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
Motor Unit Number Estimation ◽  
Electrophysiological Method ◽  
Lateral Sclerosis

Motor unit number estimation (MUNE) is an electrophysiological method designed to quantify motor unit loss in target muscles of interest. Most of the techniques are noninvasive and are therefore well suited for longitudinal monitoring. In this brief review, we describe the more commonly used techniques and their applications in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, poliomyelitis, spinal muscular atrophy and hereditary sensorimotor neuropathies. Findings in some of these studies offer important pathophysiological insights. Since conventional electrophysiologic methods are not sensible measures of motor neuronal loss, MUNE could play a potentially important role in the diagnosis, monitoring of disease progression and response to treatment in neuromuscular diseases in which motor unit loss is a major feature.

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