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    Muscle & Nerve: Volume 55, Issue 1

    i-vi, 1-148, i-iii, E1-E5
    January 2017
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Issue Information – Masthead

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Issue Information – Masthead

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  • First Published: 20 December 2016

Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

  • Pages: iii-v
  • First Published: 20 December 2016

Issue Highlights

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Issue Highlights in the January 2017 issue

  • Page: vi
  • First Published: 20 December 2016

Editorial

A new editor: Changes in Muscle & Nerve

Zachary Simmons MD, 
  • Pages: 1-2
  • First Published: 27 October 2016

AANEM Technology Review

Proper performance of autonomic function testing

Policy Department, American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA , 
  • Pages: 3-4
  • First Published: 27 October 2016

Clinical Research

Somatosensory deficits in post-ACL reconstruction patients: A case–control study

Johanna M. Hoch PhD, ATC,  William O. Perkins MSAT, ATC,  Jonathan R. Hartman MSAT, ATC,  Matthew C. Hoch PhD, ATC, 
  • Pages: 5-8
  • First Published: 03 May 2016

Echo intensity independently predicts functionality in sedentary older men

Pedro Lopez BSc,  Eurico Nestor Wilhelm MSc,  Anderson Rech MSc,  Felipe Minozzo BSc MS,  Regis Radaelli MSc,  Ronei Silveira Pinto PhD, 
  • Pages: 9-15
  • First Published: 03 May 2016

Maximal isometric muscle strength values obtained By hand-held dynamometry in children between 6 and 15 years of age

Raul G. Escobar MD,  Karin T. Munoz PT, BSc,  Angelica Dominguez MSc,  Pamela Banados PT, BSc,  Maria J. Bravo PT, BSc, 
  • Pages: 16-22
  • First Published: 09 May 2016

Nerve biopsy in Indian patients with mononeuropathy multiplex of undetermined etiology

Dinkar Kulshreshtha DM,  Kiran Preet Malhotra MD,  Pradeep Kumar Maurya DM,  Ajai Kumar Singh DM,  Anup Kumar Thacker DM,  Nuzhat Husain MD, 
  • Pages: 23-27
  • First Published: 09 May 2016

Determination of the motor unit behavior of lumbar erector spinae muscles through surface EMG decomposition technology in healthy female subjects

Mariana Felipe Silva PhD candidate,  Josilainne Marcelino Dias Post-Doc fellow,  Ligia Maxwell Pereira PhD,  Bruno Fles Mazuquin PhD candidate,  Steven Lindley PhD,  Jim Richards PhD,  Jefferson Rosa Cardoso PhD, 
  • Pages: 28-34
  • First Published: 11 May 2016

New insights into the potentiation of the first and second phases of the M-wave after voluntary contractions in the quadriceps muscle

Javier Rodriguez-Falces PhD,  Nicolas Place PhD, 
  • Pages: 35-45
  • First Published: 12 May 2016

Single amino acid loss in the dystrophin protein associated with a mild clinical phenotype

Roser Pons MD,  Kyriaki Kekou PhD,  Artemis Gkika MD,  George Papadimas MD,  Nikolaos Vogiatzakis PhD,  Maria Svingou PhD,  Constantinos Papadopooulos MD,  Ioanis Nikas MD,  Argirios Dinopoulos MD,  Sotiris Youroukos MD,  Emmanouel Kanavakis MD, 
  • Pages: 46-50
  • First Published: 14 May 2016

Determining jitter values in the very young by use of the e-norms methodology

Matthew C. Pitt MD, FRCP,  Joe F. Jabre MD, 
  • Pages: 51-54
  • First Published: 17 May 2016

The italian limb girdle muscular dystrophy registry: Relative frequency, clinical features, and differential diagnosis

Francesca Magri MD,  Vincenzo Nigro MD,  Corrado Angelini MD,  Tiziana Mongini MD,  Marina Mora MD,  Isabella Moroni MD,  Antonio Toscano MD,  Maria Grazia D'angelo MD, PhD,  Giuliano Tomelleri MD,  Gabriele Siciliano MD,  Giulia Ricci MD,  Claudio Bruno MD,  Stefania Corti MD, PhD,  Olimpia Musumeci MD,  Giorgio Tasca MD, PhD,  Enzo Ricci MD, PhD,  Mauro Monforte MD,  Monica Sciacco MD,  Chiara Fiorillo MD,  Sandra Gandossini MD,  Carlo Minetti MD,  Lucia Morandi MD,  Marco Savarese PhD,  Giuseppina Di Fruscio PhD,  Claudio Semplicini MD,  Elena Pegoraro MD,  Alessandra Govoni MD,  Roberta Brusa MD,  Roberto Del Bo PhD,  Dario Ronchi PhD,  Maurizio Moggio MD,  Nereo Bresolin MD,  Giacomo Pietro Comi MD, 
  • Pages: 55-68
  • First Published: 17 May 2016

Interrater reliability of electrodiagnosis in neonatal brachial plexopathy

Mary Catherine Spires MD,  Spencer M. Brown MS,  Kate Wan-Chu Chang MA, MS,  James A. Leonard MD,  Lynda J-S. Yang MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 69-73
  • First Published: 18 May 2016

Variations in the distal branches of the superficial fibular sensory nerve

Shoji Hemmi MD,  Katsumi Kurokawa MD,  Taiji Nagai MD,  Ryutaro Kushida MD,  Toshio Okamoto DMC,  Tatsufumi Murakami MD,  Yoshihide Sunada MD, 
  • Pages: 74-76
  • First Published: 23 May 2016

Utility of maximum perfusion intensity as an ultrasonographic marker of intraneural blood flow

Adeniyi A. Borire MBBS,  Leo H. Visser MD, PhD,  Luca Padua MD, PhD,  James G. Colebatch DSc,  William Huynh MBBS, PhD,  Neil G. Simon MBBS, PhD,  Matthew C. Kiernan DSc,  Arun V. Krishnan MBBS, PhD, 
  • Pages: 77-83
  • First Published: 26 May 2016

Basic & Translational Science

CCR9 AND CCR7 are overexpressed in CD4–CD8– thymocytes of myasthenia gravis patients

Qianru Li PhD,  Pingping Liu PhD,  Xiaoyan Xuan PhD,  Junfeng Zhang MD,  Yun Zhang MD,  Zhengkun Zhu MD,  Feng Gao MD,  Qingyong Zhang MD,  Ying Du PhD, 
  • Pages: 84-90
  • First Published: 30 November 2015

Physical exercise during muscle regeneration improves recovery of the slow/oxidative phenotype

Nathalie Koulmann MD, PhD,  Hélène Richard-Bulteau PhD,  Brigitte Crassous PharmD,  Bernard Serrurier PhD,  Marielle Pasdeloup MSc,  Xavier Bigard MD, PhD,  Sébastien Banzet MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 91-100
  • First Published: 22 April 2016

Denervation versus pre- and postsynaptic muscle immobilization: Effects On acetylcholine- and muscle-specific tyrosine kinase receptors

Christopher Kramer MD,  Saida Zoubaa MD,  Alexander Kretschmer MD,  Denis Jordan PhD,  Manfred Blobner MD,  Heidrun Fink MD, 
  • Pages: 101-108
  • First Published: 22 April 2016

Maternal protein restriction during pregnancy and lactation affects the development of muscle fibers and neuromuscular junctions in rats

Heloisa Deola Confortim MD,  Leslie Cazetta Jerônimo MD,  Lígia Aline Centenaro PhD,  Patrícia Fernanda Felipe Pinheiro PhD,  Selma Maria Michelin Matheus PhD,  Marcia Miranda Torrejais PhD, 
  • Pages: 109-115
  • First Published: 12 May 2016

P2Y2 purinergic receptors are highly expressed in cardiac and diaphragm muscles of mdx mice, and their expression is decreased by suramin

Drielen De Oliveira Moreira DSci,  Humberto Santo Neto PhD,  Maria Julia Marques PhD, 
  • Pages: 116-121
  • First Published: 24 May 2016

Short Reports

Skeletal muscle fiber-type specific succinate dehydrogenase activity in cerebral palsy

Andrew M. Zogby BA,  Sudarshan Dayanidhi PT, PhD,  Henry G. Chambers MD,  Simon Schenk PhD,  Richard L. Lieber PhD, 
  • Pages: 122-124
  • First Published: 12 August 2016

Speckle tracking as a method to measure hemidiaphragm excursion

Stephen A. Goutman MD, MS,  James D. Hamilton PhD,  Blake Swihart MA,  Bradley Foerster MD, PhD,  Eva L. Feldman MD, PhD,  Jonathan M. Rubin MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 125-127
  • First Published: 17 August 2016

Contraction mode and whey protein intake affect the synthesis rate of intramuscular connective tissue

Lars Holm PhD, MSc,  Stine Klejs Rahbek PhD, MSc,  Jean Farup PhD, MSc,  Mikkel Holm Vendelbo PhD, MD,  Kristian Vissing PhD, MSc, 
  • Pages: 128-130
  • First Published: 07 September 2016

Cases of the Month

Rapsyn congenital myasthenic syndrome worsened by fluoxetine

Amy C. Visser MD,  Ruple S. Laughlin MD,  William J. Litchy MD,  Eduardo E. Benarroch MD,  Margherita Milone MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 131-135
  • First Published: 11 July 2016

Two cases of chronic immune sensorimotor polyradiculopathy: Expanding the spectrum of chronic immune polyradiculopathies

Satish Khadilkar MD, DM,  Bhagyadhan Patel MD,  Khushnuma A. Mansukhani MD,  Sunila Jaggi MD, DND, 
  • Pages: 135-137
  • First Published: 17 August 2016

Letters & Replies

Open Access

A response to a recent editorial by concerned physicians on 3,4-diaminopyridine

Patrick J. McEnany, 
  • Page: 138
  • First Published: 18 October 2016

Reply

Ted M. Burns MD,  Gordon A. Smith MD, 
  • Pages: 138-140
  • First Published: 18 October 2016

Jitter values in infants

Sumit Verma MD,  Jenny Lin BS, 
  • Page: 140
  • First Published: 07 July 2016

Reply

Matthew Pitt FRCP,  Joe Jabre MD, 
  • Page: 140
  • First Published: 07 July 2016

Erratum

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Erratum: Plasma neurofilament heavy chain is not a useful biomarker in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

  • Page: 141
  • First Published: 16 November 2016

Calendar of Events

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Calendar of Events

  • Page: 142
  • First Published: 20 December 2016

AANEM News and Comments

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AANEM News and Comments

  • Pages: 143-145
  • First Published: 20 December 2016

AANEM Application

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AANEM Application

  • Pages: 146-148
  • First Published: 20 December 2016

Issue Information – IFA

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Issue Information – IFA

  • Pages: i-iii
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Noteworthy Cases

Lipografting as a novel therapeutic option in secondary tarsal tunnel release

Evi M. Morandi MD,  Alexander Loizides MD,  Hannes Gruber MD,  Wolfgang N. Löscher MD,  Gerhard Pierer MD,  Eva-Maria Baur MD, 
  • Pages: E1-E2
  • First Published: 07 April 2016

Facial weakness and eyelid ptosis: Expanding the clinical heterogeneity of Bethlem myopathy from a novel gene mutation

William Huynh PhD, MBBS,  Mark R. Davis PhD, FFSc, 
  • Pages: E2-E3
  • First Published: 16 July 2016

A Bodybuilder With Weak Hands and Feet: Corticosteroid-Responsive Pure Motor Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy Following Anabolic Steroid Use

Raffi Topakian MD,  Karl Stieglbauer MD,  Thomas Wolfsegger PhD,  Robert Pichler MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: E3-E5
  • First Published: 20 July 2016