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    Muscle & Nerve: Volume 55, Issue 4

    iv-vii, 455-614, E15-E18
    April 2017
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Issue Information – Masthead

  • Page: iv
  • First Published: 28 March 2017

Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

  • Pages: v-vi
  • First Published: 28 March 2017

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Selected Highlights in the April, 2017

  • Page: vii
  • First Published: 28 March 2017

Issues & Opinions

What does individual strength say about resistance training status?

Samuel L. Buckner MS,  J. Grant Mouser MS,  Matthew B. Jessee MS,  Scott J. Dankel MS,  Kevin T. Mattocks MS,  Jeremy P. Loenneke PhD, 
  • Pages: 455-457
  • First Published: 09 January 2017

Clinical Research

Myostatin inhibitor ACE-031 treatment of ambulatory boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Results of a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Craig Campbell MD,  Hugh J. McMillan MD,  Jean K. Mah MD,  Mark Tarnopolsky MD,  Kathryn Selby MD,  Ty McClure PhD,  Dawn M. Wilson BS,  Matthew L. Sherman MD,  Diana Escolar MD,  Kenneth M. Attie MD, 
  • Pages: 458-464
  • First Published: 27 July 2016
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Cardiopulmonary dysfunction in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2A

Madoka Mori-Yoshimura MD, PhD,  Kazuhiko Segawa MD, PhD,  Narihiro Minami PhD,  Yasushi Oya MD,  Hirohumi Komaki MD, PhD,  Ikuya Nonaka MD, PhD,  Ichizo Nishino MD, PhD,  Miho Murata MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 465-469
  • First Published: 08 August 2016

Anti-ganglioside antibodies in Guillain–Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in Chinese patients

Chenghe Fan MD,  Haiqiang Jin PhD,  Hongjun Hao MD,  Feng Gao MD,  Yongan Sun MD,  Yuanyuan Lu MD,  Yuanyuan Liu MD,  Pu Lv PhD,  Wei Cui PhD,  Yuming Teng MD,  Yining Huang MD, 
  • Pages: 470-475
  • First Published: 27 July 2016

Evaluation of patients with refractory chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Artem Kaplan MD, PhD,  Thomas H. Brannagan III MD, 
  • Pages: 476-482
  • First Published: 27 July 2016

MR neurography for the evaluation of CIDP

Tomomasa Ishikawa MD,  Kunihiko Asakura MD, PhD,  Yasuaki Mizutani MD, PhD,  Akihiro Ueda MD, PhD,  Ken-Ichiro Murate MD,  Chika Hikichi MD,  Sayuri Shima MD, PhD,  Madoka Kizawa MD, PhD,  Masako Komori MD,  Kazuhiro Murayama MD, PhD,  Hiroshi Toyama MD, PhD,  Shinji Ito MD, PhD,  Tatsuro Mutoh MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 483-489
  • First Published: 08 August 2016

Interleaved neuromuscular electrical stimulation: Motor unit recruitment overlap

Matheus J. Wiest MSc,  Austin J. Bergquist PhD,  Helen L. Schimidt MSc PT,  Kelvin E. Jones PhD,  David F. Collins PhD, 
  • Pages: 490-499
  • First Published: 16 July 2016

The influence of prolonged vibration on motor unit behavior

Eric M. Mosier MS,  Trent J. Herda PhD,  Michael A. Trevino MS,  Jonathan D. Miller BS, 
  • Pages: 500-507
  • First Published: 28 July 2016

Correlation between “hourglass-like fascicular constriction” and idiopathic anterior interosseous nerve palsy

Toru Sunagawa MD, PhD,  Yuko Nakashima MD, PhD,  Rikuo Shinomiya MD, PhD,  Hiroshi Kurumadani PhD,  Nobuo Adachi MD, PhD,  Mitsuo Ochi MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 508-512
  • First Published: 04 August 2016

Effects of a stocking on plantar sensation in individuals with and without ankle instability

Christopher J. Burcal MSc, ATC,  Matthew C. Hoch PhD, ATC,  Erik A. Wikstrom PhD, ATC, 
  • Pages: 513-519
  • First Published: 04 August 2016

Clinical-pathologic correlations in voltage-gated Kv1 potassium channel complex-subtyped autoimmune painful polyneuropathy

Rajat Lahoria MBBS, FRACP,  Sean J. Pittock MD,  Avi Gadoth MD,  Janean K. Engelstad HT,  Vanda A. Lennon MD, PhD,  Christopher J. Klein MD, 
  • Pages: 520-525
  • First Published: 11 August 2016

Modeling functional decline over time in sporadic inclusion body myositis

Lindsay N. Alfano DPT, PCS,  Han Yin PhD, MS,  Igor Dvorchik PhD,  Elizabeth G. Maus DPT,  Kevin M. Flanigan MD,  Jerry R. Mendell MD,  Linda P. Lowes PT, PhD, 
  • Pages: 526-531
  • First Published: 11 August 2016

New strategy for improving the diagnostic sensitivity of repetitive nerve stimulation in myasthenia gravis

Hanna Bou Ali MD,  Emmanuelle Salort-Campana MD,  Aude Marie Grapperon MD,  Julien Gallard MD,  Jerome Franques MD,  Amandine Sevy MD,  Emilien Delmont MD, PhD,  Annie Verschueren MD,  Jean Pouget MD,  Shahram Attarian MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 532-538
  • First Published: 11 August 2016

Optimizing electrical impedance myography of the tongue in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Courtney E. Mcilduff MD,  Sung J. Yim BA,  Adam K. Pacheck BS,  Seward B. Rutkove MD, 
  • Pages: 539-543
  • First Published: 11 August 2016

Basic & Translational Science

Chronic peripheral nerve compression disrupts paranodal axoglial junctions

Yoshinori Otani PhD,  Leonid M. Yermakov BS,  Jeffrey L. Dupree PhD,  Keiichiro Susuki MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 544-554
  • First Published: 27 July 2016

Neuromuscular transmission and muscle fatigue changes by nanostructured oxygen

Maxim V. Ivannikov PhD,  Mutsuyuki Sugimori MD, PhD,  Rodolfo R. Llinás MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 555-563
  • First Published: 16 July 2016

Elevated FGF 21 in myotonic dystrophy type 1 and mitochondrial diseases

Emese Lovadi MD,  Márta Csereklyei MD,  Hajnalka Merkli MD,  Krisztina FüLöp Bsc,  Ágnes Sebők MD, PhD,  Veronika Karcagi PhD,  Sámuel Komoly MD, DSc,  Endre Pál MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 564-569
  • First Published: 04 August 2016

Effect Of combining FK506 and neurotrophins on neurite branching and elongation

Pratima Labroo MS,  Jill Shea PhD,  Himanshu Sant PhD,  Bruce Gale PhD,  Jayant Agarwal MD, 
  • Pages: 570-581
  • First Published: 09 August 2016

Expression of glycosylated α-dystroglycan in newborn skeletal and cardiac muscles of fukutin related protein (FKRP) mutant mice

Elizabeth Keramaris MS,  Pei J. Lu MS,  Jason Tucker PhD,  Qi L. Lu PhD, 
  • Pages: 582-590
  • First Published: 12 August 2016

Abnormal distribution of GABAA receptors in brain of duchenne muscular dystrophy patients

Yuji Suzuki MD, PhD,  Shinya Higuchi MD,  Izumi Aida MD,  Takashi Nakajima MD, PhD,  Tsutomu Nakada MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 591-595
  • First Published: 20 August 2016

Short Reports

Effects of compression stockings on ankle muscle H-reflexes during standing

Loic Espeit MSc,  Sebastien Pavailler PhD,  Thomas Lapole PhD, 
  • Pages: 596-598
  • First Published: 26 October 2016

Characteristics and significance of doublets on needle EMG

Christopher J. Lamb MD,  Devon I. Rubin MD, 
  • Pages: 598-600
  • First Published: 03 November 2016

Cases of the Month

Neurological Nuance: Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with Guillain–BarrÉ syndrome

Dustin Anderson MD, PhD,  Grayson Beecher MD,  Trevor A. Steve MD,  Ho Jen MD,  Richard Camicioli MD,  Douglas W. Zochodne MD, 
  • Pages: 601-604
  • First Published: 18 October 2016

Unusual presentation Of Sjögren-associated neuropathy with plasma cell-rich infiltrate

Elie Naddaf MD,  Sarah E. Berini MD,  P. James B. Dyck MD,  Ruple S. Laughlin MD, 
  • Pages: 605-608
  • First Published: 16 November 2016

Calendar of Events

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Calendar of Events

  • Page: 609
  • First Published: 28 March 2017

AANEM News and Comments

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AANEM News and Comments

  • Pages: 610-612
  • First Published: 28 March 2017

AANEM Application

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AANEM Application

  • Pages: 613-614
  • First Published: 28 March 2017

Noteworthy Cases

A case of miller fisher syndrome associated with preceding herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Angelo Cascio Rizzo MD,  Martina Ulivi MD,  Nicoletta Brunelli MD,  Alessio Pepe MD,  Giovanni Assenza MD,  Lucia Florio MD,  Vincenzo Di Lazzaro MD, 
  • Pages: E15-E16
  • First Published: 22 November 2016

Nerve ultrasound abnormalities mirror the course of varicella zoster virus sensory–motor radiculoplexopathy

Alessandro Salvalaggio MD,  Mario Cacciavillani MD, PhD,  Andrea Visentin MD,  Marta Campagnolo MD,  Livio Trentin MD,  Chiara Briani MD, 
  • Pages: E16-E18
  • First Published: 09 December 2016