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    Muscle & Nerve: Volume 29, Issue 2

    165-337
    February 2004
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Invited Reviews

Electrodiagnostic studies in the management and prognosis of neuromuscular disorders

James M. Gilchrist MD,  George M. Sachs MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 165-190
  • First Published: 04 November 2003

Matrix metalloproteinases and skeletal muscle: A brief review

Eli Carmeli PhD,  Miri Moas MSc,  Abraham Z. Reznick PhD,  Raymond Coleman PhD, 
  • Pages: 191-197
  • First Published: 02 January 2004

Special Article

Electrodiagnostic services in the United States

Timothy R. Dillingham MD,  Liliana E. Pezzin PhD,  J. Bradford Rice BA, 
  • Pages: 198-204
  • First Published: 02 January 2004

Main Articles

Loss-of-function phenotype of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies

Jun Li MD, PhD,  Karen Krajewski MS,  Richard A. Lewis MD,  Michael E. Shy MD, 
  • Pages: 205-210
  • First Published: 24 November 2003

Reproducibility of statistical motor unit number estimates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Comparisons between size- and number-weighted modifications

Ohyun Kwon MD,  Kwang-Woo Lee MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 211-217
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Transplantation of primary satellite cells improves properties of reinnervated skeletal muscles

Cyril Lazerges MD,  Paul-André Daussin MD,  Bertrand Coulet MD,  Ramzi Boubaker el Andalousi PhD,  Jean-Paul Micallef DSc,  Michel Chammas MD, PhD,  Yves Reyne PhD,  Francis Bacou DSc, 
  • Pages: 218-226
  • First Published: 18 December 2003

Excitability properties of human median axons measured at the motor point

Satoshi Kuwabara MD,  Hugh Bostock PhD,  Kazue Ogawara MD,  Jia-Ying Sung MD,  Sonoko Misawa MD,  Yukiko Kitano MD,  Keiko Mizobuchi,  Cindy S.-Y. Lin PhD,  Takamichi Hattori MD, 
  • Pages: 227-233
  • First Published: 18 December 2003

Passive exercise and fetal spinal cord transplant both help to restore motoneuronal properties after spinal cord transection in rats

Eric Beaumont PhD,  John D. Houlé PhD,  Charlotte A. Peterson PhD,  Phillip F. Gardiner PhD, 
  • Pages: 234-242
  • First Published: 18 December 2003

Temporal discrimination threshold on various parts of the body

Minoru Hoshiyama,  Ryusuke Kakigi,  Yohei Tamura, 
  • Pages: 243-247
  • First Published: 24 November 2003

Effect of static stretch training on neural and mechanical properties of the human plantar-flexor muscles

Nathalie Guissard PhD,  Jacques Duchateau PhD, 
  • Pages: 248-255
  • First Published: 18 December 2003

Prediction of aspiration in myasthenia gravis

Wilma J. Koopman MScN,  Samuel Wiebe MD,  Angela Colton-Hudson MClSc,  Tas Moosa MClSc,  Dean Smith MD,  David Bach MD,  Michael W. Nicolle MD, DPhil, 
  • Pages: 256-260
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Overexpression of semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase in human myopathies

Montse Olivé MD, PhD,  Mercè Unzeta PhD,,  Dolores Moreno,  Isidro Ferrer MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 261-266
  • First Published: 02 January 2004

Quadriceps muscle endurance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Alex Van'T Hul,  Jaap Harlaar PhD,  Rik Gosselink PhD,  Peter Hollander PhD,  Piet Postmus PhD,  Gert Kwakkel PhD, 
  • Pages: 267-274
  • First Published: 02 January 2004

Muscle pathology in 57 patients with myotonic dystrophy type 2

Benedikt G.H. Schoser MD,  Christiane Schneider-Gold MD,  Wolfram Kress PhD,  Hans-Hilmar Goebel MD,  Peter Reilich MD,  Manuela C. Koch MD,  Dieter E. Pongratz MD,  Klaus V. Toyka MD,  Hanns Lochmüller MD,  Kenneth Ricker MD, 
  • Pages: 275-281
  • First Published: 02 January 2004

Reproducibility of muscle-fiber conduction velocity estimates using multichannel surface EMG techniques

Dario Farina PhD,  Domenico Zagari MS,  Marco Gazzoni MS,  Roberto Merletti PhD, 
  • Pages: 282-291
  • First Published: 02 January 2004

EMG and nerve conduction studies in children with congenital muscular dystrophy

Susana Quijano-Roy MD,  Francis Renault MD,  Norma Romero MD,  Pascale Guicheney PhD,  Michel Fardeau MD,  Brigitte Estournet MD, 
  • Pages: 292-299
  • First Published: 26 January 2004

Static load magnitude is a risk factor in the development of cumulative low back disorder

Paola Sbriccoli MD, PhD,  Moshe Solomonow PhD, MD(Hon),  Bing-He Zhou EE,  Richard V. Baratta PhD,  Yun Lu MD,  Meng-Ping Zhu MSc,  Evalina L. Burger MD, 
  • Pages: 300-308
  • First Published: 02 January 2004

Short Reports

Somatosensory evoked potentials for the electrodiagnosis of meralgia paresthetica

P. Seror MD, 
  • Pages: 309-312
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Regulatory light chain phosphorylation increases eccentric contraction–induced injury in skinned fast-twitch fibers

Martin K. Childers DO, PhD,  Kerry S. McDonald PhD, 
  • Pages: 313-317
  • First Published: 24 November 2003

Cases of the Month

Transthyretin amyloidosis presenting with multifocal demyelinating mononeuropathies

Hannah R. Briemberg MD,  Anthony A. Amato MD, 
  • Pages: 318-322
  • First Published: 26 January 2004

Adult polyglucosan body disease: Case description of an expanding genetic and clinical syndrome

Christopher J. Klein MD,  Christopher J. Boes MD,  John E. Chapin MD,  Christopher D. Lynch MD,  Norbert G. Campeau MD,  P. James B. Dyck MD,  Peter J. Dyck MD, 
  • Pages: 323-328
  • First Published: 24 November 2003

Letters to the Editor

Axial myopathy in myasthenia: A misleading cause of dropped head

Carmelo Rodolico MD,  Sonia Messina MD,  Antonio Toscano MD,  Giuseppe Vita MD,  Michele Gaeta MD, 
  • Pages: 329-330
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

Monophasic negative sympathetic skin responses and autonomic dysfunction in carpal tunnel syndrome

Joaquim P. Brasil-Neto MD,  Cláudio R. Carneiro MD, 
  • Pages: 330-331
  • First Published: 10 December 2003

AAEM News & Comments

AAEM news and comments

  • Pages: 333-337
  • First Published: 26 January 2004