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    Muscle & Nerve: Volume 63, Issue 5

    i-v, 623-783, E39-E49
    May 2021
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ISSUE INFORMATION

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Issue Information

  • Pages: i-iv
  • First Published: 17 April 2021

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS

Issue Highlights

  • Page: v
  • First Published: 17 April 2021

OBITUARY

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In memoriam: Robert T. Leshner, MD

William W. Campbell MD, MSHA,  Thomas R. Swift MD, 
  • Pages: 623-624
  • First Published: 14 March 2021

EDITORIALS

Developing a framework for neuromuscular ultrasound training and accreditation

Neil G. Simon MBBS, PhD, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 625-627
  • First Published: 18 February 2021

See article on pages 651–656 in this issue.

Pride and precision: Personalizing care in diagnostic neurology laboratories

Francis O. Walker MD,  Michael S. Cartwright MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 628-630
  • First Published: 26 January 2021

See article on pages 661–667 in this issue.

INVITED REVIEWS

Challenges in diagnosing coexisting ocular myasthenia gravis and thyroid eye diseaseimage

Benjamin Claytor MD,  Yuebing Li MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 631-639
  • First Published: 27 November 2020

Skeletal muscle magnetic resonance imaging in Pompe diseaseimage

Jordi Díaz-Manera MD, PhD,  Glenn Walter MD, PhD,  Volker Straub MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 640-650
  • First Published: 06 November 2020

ISSUES & OPINIONS

Neuromuscular ultrasound competency assessment: Consensus-based survey

Eman A. Tawfik MD,  Michael S. Cartwright MD, MS,  Alexander Grimm MD, PhD,  Andrea J. Boon MD,  Antonios Kerasnoudis MD, PhD,  David C. Preston MD,  Einar Wilder-Smith MD,  Hubertus Axer MD,  Lisa D. Hobson-Webb MD,  Nens van Alfen MD, PhD,  Nicholas Crump MD,  Nortina Shahrizaila PhD, FRCP,  Peter Inkpen MD,  Ross Mandeville MD,  Sarada Sakamuri MD,  Steven J Shook MD,  Susan Shin MD,  Francis O. Walker MD, 
  • Pages: 651-656
  • First Published: 31 December 2020

See Editorial on pages 625–627 in this issue.

Atypical fibrillation and fasciculation potentials: An exercise in waveform identification and analysis

Paul E. Barkhaus MD,  Sanjeev D. Nandedkar PhD, 
  • Pages: 657-660
  • First Published: 09 February 2021

CLINICAL RESEARCH ARTICLES

Neuromuscular ultrasound findings in carpal tunnel syndrome with symptoms mainly in the nondominant hand

Pitcha Chompoopong MD,  David C Preston MD, 
  • Pages: 661-667
  • First Published: 21 December 2020

See Editorial on pages 628–630 in this issue.

Open Access

Safety and efficacy of nusinersen in spinal muscular atrophy: The EMBRACE study

Gyula Acsadi MD, PhD,  Thomas O. Crawford MD,  Wolfgang Müller-Felber MD,  Perry B. Shieh MD,  Randal Richardson MD,  Niranjana Natarajan MD,  Diana Castro MD,  Daniela Ramirez-Schrempp MD,  Giulia Gambino MSc,  Peng Sun PhD,  Wildon Farwell MD, 
  • Pages: 668-677
  • First Published: 26 January 2021
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Pattern of muscle strength improvement after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in multifocal motor neuropathy

Jaap N.E. Bakers MSc,  Ruben P.A. van Eijk MD, PhD,  Leonard H. van den Berg MD, PhD,  Johanna M. A. Visser-Meily MD, PhD,  Anita Beelen PhD, 
  • Pages: 678-682
  • First Published: 26 January 2021

Diaphragmatic dysfunction at the first visit to a chest diseases outpatient clinic in 500 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Aylin Pihtili MD,  Zuleyha Bingol MD,  Hacer Durmus MD,  Yesim Parman MD,  Esen Kiyan MD, 
  • Pages: 683-689
  • First Published: 11 February 2021

Enhancing diagnostic accuracy using a side-to-side cross-sectional area ratio for the diagnosis of unilateral ulnar mononeuropathy at the elbow

Mansoureh Mamarabadi MD,  John A. Morren MD,  Steven J. Shook MD, 
  • Pages: 690-696
  • First Published: 05 February 2021

Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability syndrome: A clinical, electrophysiological, and immunological study

Yimin Wu MD,  Jiayu Shi MD,  Juhua Gao MD,  Youfang Hu MD,  Haitao Ren MD,  Hongzhi Guan MD,  Jing Li MD,  Yangyu Huang MS,  Liying Cui MD,  Yuzhou Guan MD, 
  • Pages: 697-702
  • First Published: 26 January 2021

Quantitative T2-mapping magnetic resonance imaging for assessment of muscle motor unit recruitment patterns

Erin C. Argentieri BS,  Ek Tsoon Tan PhD,  Jeremy S. Whang MD,  Sophie C. Queler BA,  Joseph H. Feinberg MD,  Bin Lin ScM,  Darryl B. Sneag MD, 
  • Pages: 703-709
  • First Published: 26 January 2021

Prolonged median distal sensory nerve action potential duration in carpal tunnel syndrome

Jie Yang MM,  Ke Chen PhD,  Ying Liu BA,  Yin Yang MD, 
  • Pages: 710-714
  • First Published: 02 February 2021

A novel exercise testing algorithm to diagnose mitochondrial myopathy

Rajeev Bhatia MD,  Bruce H. Cohen MD,  Neil L. McNinch MS RN, PSTAT, 
  • Pages: 715-723
  • First Published: 03 February 2021
Open Access

Comparison between surface electrodes and ultrasound monitoring to measure TMS evoked muscle contraction

Isabella Kaczmarczyk MRes,  Vishal Rawji MBPhD,  John C. Rothwell PhD,  Emma Hodson-Tole PhD,  Nikhil Sharma PhD, FRCP(UK), 
  • Pages: 724-729
  • First Published: 03 February 2021

Investigating the possible association between NLRP3 gene polymorphisms and myasthenia gravis

Elmira Agah MD,  Shahriar Nafissi MD,  Fatemeh Saleh MD,  Payam Sarraf MD,  Abbas Tafakhori MD,  Seyed Vahid Mousavi MD, MPH,  Amene Saghazadeh MD,  Maryam Sadr MSc,  Farnaz Sinaei MD,  Bahareh Mohebbi MSc,  Mahdi Mahmoudi PhD,  Hamideh Shadi BS,  Nima Rezaei MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 730-736
  • First Published: 03 February 2021

MeRef: Multivariable extrapolated reference values in motor nerve conduction studies

Sanjeev D. Nandedkar PhD,  Erik V. Stålberg MD, PhD,  Paul E. Barkhaus MD, 
  • Pages: 737-744
  • First Published: 12 February 2021
Open Access

Assessment of small fiber neuropathy in patients carrying the non-classical Fabry variant p.D313Y

Katharina von Cossel MD,  Nicole Muschol MD,  Reinhard E. Friedrich MD,  Markus Glatzel MD,  Luise Ammer MD,  Benjamin Lohmöller MD,  Martin Bendszus MD,  Victor-Felix Mautner MD,  Tim Godel MD, 
  • Pages: 745-750
  • First Published: 05 February 2021

Developing outcome measures of disease activity in pediatric myasthenia

Devin E. Prior MD,  Baillee A. Cooper MS,  Bo Zhang PhD,  Partha S. Ghosh MD, 
  • Pages: 751-757
  • First Published: 18 February 2021

Nerve ultrasound studies in POEMS syndrome

Qingyun Ding MM,  Jian Li MD,  Yuzhou Guan MD,  Shuang Wu BS,  Jingwen Niu MD,  Dongchao Shen MD,  Youfang Hu MM,  Yinmin Wu BS,  Mingsheng Liu MD,  Liying Cui MD, 
  • Pages: 758-764
  • First Published: 18 February 2021

CLINICAL RESEARCH SHORT REPORTS

Preserved eye movements in adults with spinal muscular atrophy

Evangelos Anagnostou MD,  Sophia Xirou MD,  Evangelia Kararizou MD,  Leonidas Stefanis MD,  Constantinos Papadopoulos MD,  George Papadimas MD, 
  • Pages: 765-769
  • First Published: 14 February 2021

Palliative care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clinics: A survey of NEALS consortium membership

Tejas R. Mehta MD,  Elham Bayat MD,  Raghav Govindarajan MD, 
  • Pages: 769-774
  • First Published: 12 February 2021

T2 mapping of the median nerve in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and healthy volunteers

Atsushi Maeda MD,  Taku Suzuki MD, PhD,  Katsuhiko Hayakawa MD, PhD,  Takuya Funahashi MD,  Takashi Kuroiwa MD, PhD,  Nobuyuki Fujita MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 774-777
  • First Published: 13 February 2021

AANEM NEWS AND COMMENTS

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AANEM News and Comments

  • Pages: 778-781
  • First Published: 17 April 2021

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Calendar of Events

  • Page: 782
  • First Published: 17 April 2021

AANEM APPLICATION

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AANEM Application

  • Page: 783
  • First Published: 17 April 2021

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A study of paraspinal physiology is insufficient to draw clinical conclusions

Andrew J. Haig MD, 
  • Page: E39
  • First Published: 04 February 2021

Reply to letter to the editor: A study of PARASPINAL physiology is insufficient to draw clinical conclusions

Tina D. Jeppesen MD, DMSc,  Christian Krarup MD, DMSc, 
  • Page: E40
  • First Published: 04 February 2021

Demyelinating motor neuropathy associated with a homozygous GPT2 pathogenic variant

Lyse Ruaud MD,  Boris Keren MD, PhD,  Rabab Debs MD,  Cyril Mignot MD, PhD,  Fanny Mochel MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: E41-E44
  • First Published: 26 January 2021

Incongruent electrodiagnostic and sonographic evaluations of a trifid median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome

Berdale S. Colorado DO, MPH, 
  • Pages: E44-E46
  • First Published: 02 February 2021

Focal sensory chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)

Kamal Shouman MD,  Divyanshu Dubey MBBS,  JaNean K. Engelstad H.T.,  P. James B. Dyck MD, 
  • Pages: E46-E49
  • First Published: 16 February 2021