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ALS With and Without Upper Motor Neuron Signs: A Comparative Study Supporting the Gold Coast Criteria

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Gold Coast criteria permit diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) even without upper motor neuron (UMN) signs. However, whether ALS patients with UMN signs (ALSwUMN) and those without (ALSwoUMN) share similar characteristics and prognoses remains unclear.
Hee‐Jae Jung, E‐nae Cheong, Jungmin So, Heung‐Won Kang, Yangsean Choi, Eun‐Jae Lee, Hyunjin Kim, Young‐Min Lim   +7 more
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Relationship of Thenar and Hypothenar Muscle Thickness with Clinical Factors, Thigh Muscle Thickness and Physical Performance in Female Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2023
Objective:The aim of this study was to evaluate hand muscle thickness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to investigate the relationship between muscle thickness and clinical factors and physical performance indicators.Materials and Methods ...
Erkan Mesci, Nilgün Mesci
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Regulating Striated Muscle Contraction: Through Thick and Thin

Annual Review of Physiology
Force generation in striated muscle is primarily controlled by structural changes in the actin-containing thin filaments triggered by an increase in intracellular calcium concentration. However, recent studies have elucidated a new class of regulatory mechanisms, based on the myosin-containing thick filament, that control the strength and speed of ...
Brunello, Elisabetta, Fusi, Luca
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Value of MRI Outcomes for Preventive and Early‐Stage Trials in Spinocerebellar Ataxias 1 and 3

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the value of MRI outcomes as endpoints for preventive and early‐stage trials of two polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Methods A cohort of 100 participants (23 SCA1, 63 SCA3, median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score = 5, 42% preataxic, and 14 gene‐negative controls) was scanned at 3T up ...
Thiago J. R. Rezende, Emilien Petit, Young Woo Park, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, James M. Joers, Jonathan M. DuBois, H. Moore Arnold, Michal Povazan, Ipek Özdemir, Guita Banan, Romain Valabregue, Philipp Ehses, Jennifer Faber, Chiadi U. Onyike, Peter B. Barker, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Sub H. Subramony, Thomas H. Mareci, Khalaf O. Bushara, Henry Paulson, Thomas Klockgether, Alexandra Durr, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Christophe Lenglet, Gülin Öz, READISCA Investigators   +26 more
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Automatic thickness estimation for skeletal muscle in ultrasonography: evaluation of two enhancement methods [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is a convenient technique to investigate muscle properties and has been widely used to look into muscle functions since it is non-invasive and real-time.
Gaosheng Xie, Huihui Li, Lei Wang, Lijuan Ao, Pan Han, Ye Chen, Yongjin Zhou   +6 more
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Composite Electrospun Fibers Containing Optimized B‐ and Cu‐Doped Bioactive Glass Sol‐Gel Particles for Potential Soft Tissue Engineering Applications

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article describes the preparation and characterization of poly(ε‐caprolactone) electrospun composite fibers incorporating sol‐gel‐derived bioactive glass particles doped with B and Cu. Scanning electron microscopy, energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy, Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy, contact angle, acellular bioactivity, mechanical and ...
Elisa Piatti, Marta Miola, Liliana Liverani, Paolo Sartori, Enrica Verné, Aldo R. Boccaccini   +5 more
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Alteration of cystic airway mesenchyme in congenital pulmonary airway malformation. [PDF]

, 2019
Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) is the most common congenital lesion detected in the neonatal lung, which may lead to respiratory distress, infection, and pneumothorax.
Jiang, Yi, Lou, Jianlin, Luo, Yongfeng, Moats, Rex, Pryhuber, Gloria S, Shi, Wei, Tang, Yang, Wang, Larry L, Warburton, David, Zhou, Shengmei   +9 more
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Adaptable Tile‐Based Pneumatic Origami through Structurally Coupled Localized Actuation

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents tile‐based pneumatic origami structures with rigid tiles and flexible fabric creases, achieving adaptable properties including morphing shape, selective multistability, and tunable stiffness. Independently pressurized folding bladders at each crease enable structurally coupled localized actuation of origami structures.
Tiantian Li, Jonathan Luntz, Diann Brei
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Role of muscle ultrasound in frailty assessment in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

BMC Geriatrics
Background Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that is characterized by increased vulnerability to intrinsic and extrinsic stressors due to decreased biologic reserves.
Merve Hafızoğlu, Hatice Kübra Yıldırım, Arzu Okyar Baş, Didem Karaduman, Zeynep Şahiner, Burcu Balam Doğu, Meltem Gülhan Halil, Mustafa Cankurtaran, Cafer Balcı   +8 more
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Atrophy of the lower limbs in elderly women: is it related to walking ability? [PDF]

, 2010
This study investigated the relationship between walking ability and age-related muscle atrophy of the lower limbs in elderly women. The subjects comprised 20 young women and 37 elderly women who resided in nursing homes or chronic care institutions. The
Ichihashi, Noriaki, Ikezoe, Tome, Mori, Natsuko, Nakamura, Masatoshi   +3 more
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