Muscle & Nerve

© 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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December 2012

Volume 46, Issue 6

Pages fmiii–fmxiii, 14–994

  1. Table of Content

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Table of contents (pages fmiii–fmv)

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23723

  2. Between the Covers

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Between the covers December, 2012 issue (pages fmvi–fmviii)

      Lawrence H Phillips

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23708

  3. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers (pages fmix–fmxiii)

      Lawrence H Phillips

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23701

  4. Editorials

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Is it better than it seems or just good enough? The tafamidis saga (page 14)

      Mamede de Carvalho

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23665

  5. Invited Reviews

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Paraneoplastic neuromuscular disorders (pages 839–840)

      Lydia Sharp and Steven Vernino

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23502

  6. Main Articles

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Diaphragm pacing and noninvasive respiratory management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease (pages 841–850)

      Kedar R. Mahajan, John Robert Bach, Lou Saporito and Nick Perez

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23663

    2. An algorithm for the safety of costal diaphragm electromyography derived from ultrasound (pages 851–855)

      Nasim Amirjani, Anna L. Hudson, Jane E. Butler and Simon C. Gandevia

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23438

    3. Alterations of signaling pathways in muscle tissues of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (pages 856–860)

      Fei Yin, Fei Ye, Limei Tan, Katherine Liu, Zhaopeng Xuan, Jinnan Zhang, Wenhu Wang, Yanli Zhang, Xinmei Jiang and David Y. Zhang

      Article first published online: 19 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23411

    4. Median nerve ultrasound as a screening tool in carpal tunnel syndrome: Correlation of cross-sectional area measures with electrodiagnostic abnormality (pages 861–870)

      Justin T. Mhoon, Vern C. Juel and Lisa D. Hobson-Webb

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23426

    5. Premotor potential study in carpal tunnel syndrome (pages 871–878)

      Mitsuhiko Kodama, Yu Sasao, Michi Tochikura, Takashi Kasahara, Yuji Koyama, Koji Aono, Chieko Fujii, Kozo Hanayama, Osamu Takahashi, Yuka Kobayashi and Yoshihisa Masakado

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23424

    6. Sensory relearning after surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome: A pilot clinical trial (pages 879–884)

      Christina Jerosch-Herold, Lee Shepstone and Leanne Miller

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23421

    7. Use of hand diagrams in screening for ulnar neuropathy: Comparison with electrodiagnostic studies (pages 885–890)

      Robert A. Werner, Tony Chiodo, Teresa Spiegelberg and Alfred Franzblau

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23452

    8. Neurophysiological examination of dorsal sural nerve (pages 891–894)

      Barbara Frigeni, Mario Cacciavillani, Mario Ermani, Chiara Briani, Paola Alberti, Carlo Ferrarese and Guido Cavaletti

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23454

    9. Relating applied strain to the type and severity of structural damage in the rat median nerve using second harmonic generation microscopy (pages 895–898)

      Elaine B. Sinclair, Nelly Andarawis-Puri, Stephen J. Ros, Damien M. Laudier, Karl J. Jepsen and Michael R. Hausman

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23443

    10. Effect of simvastatin on passive strain-induced skeletal muscle injury in rats (pages 899–907)

      Shaiane Silva Tomazoni, Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal-Junior, Rodney Capp Pallotta, Vanessa De Godoi, Rafael Paolo Rossi, LÚcio Frigo, Patrícia Sardinha Leonardo, Patrícia De Almeida and Rodrigo Álvaro Brandão Lopes-Martins

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23444

    11. Normokalemic periodic paralysis is not a distinct disease (pages 908–913)

      Young-Wha Song, Sung-Jo Kim, Tae-Hwe Heo, Man-Ho Kim and June-Bum Kim

      Article first published online: 24 AUG 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23441

    12. Upregulation of chemokines and their receptors in duchenne muscular dystrophy: potential for attenuation of myofiber necrosis (pages 914–916)

      Boel De Paepe, Kim K. Creus, Jean-Jacques Martin and Jan L. De Bleecker

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23481

    13. Spastic cocontraction in hemiparesis: Effects of botulinum toxin (pages 917–925)

      Maria Vinti, Filomena Costantino, Nicolas Bayle, David M. Simpson, Donald J. Weisz and Jean-Michel Gracies

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23427

    14. Aging influences central motor conduction less than peripheral motor conduction: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study (pages 926–931)

      Hideyuki Matsumoto, Yuko Konoma, Takahiro Shimizu, Shingo Okabe, Yuichiro Shirota, Ritsuko Hanajima, Yasuo Terao and Yoshikazu Ugawa

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23430

    15. Preliminary study of sural nerve morphological changes in uremic hemodialysis patients using 22-MHz high-frequency ultrasound (pages 932–936)

      Mei Wei, Jiaan Zhu, Niansong Wang, Qing Xue, Fang Liu, Bing Hu, Junchu Fang and Yingchun Zhang

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23418

    16. Capturing cases of distal symmetric polyneuropathy in a community (pages 937–942)

      Brian Callaghan, Kevin Kerber, Ruth Longoria, Eva Feldman and Lynda Lisabeth

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23449

  7. Short Reports

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. A marginal level of dystrophin partially ameliorates hindlimb muscle passive mechanical properties in dystrophin-null mice (pages 943–947)

      Chady H. Hakim and Dongsheng Duan

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23536

    2. Patient-identified disease burden in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (pages 948–950)

      Nicholas E. Johnson, Christine Quinn, Eileen Eastwood, Rabi Tawil and Chad R. Heatwole

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23529

    3. Muscle force development after low-frequency magnetic burst stimulation in dogs (pages 951–953)

      Daniela Emrich, Andrea Fischer, Caroline Altenhöfer, Thomas Weyh, Florian Helling, Stefan Goetz, Markus Brielmeier and Kaspar Matiasek

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23523

  8. Cases of the Month

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Impaired energy-dependent processes underlie acute lead neuropathy (pages 954–956)

      Arun V. Krishnan, Susanna B. Park, William Huynh, Cindy S.-Y. Lin, Robert D. Henderson and Matthew C. Kiernan

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23425

    2. Axonal neuropathy, long limbs and bumpy tongue: Think of MEN2B (pages 957–961)

      Ana M. Ramos-Leví, Ángel Díaz-pÉrez, María-JesÚs Sobrido, Sergio PiÑeiro-Hermida, Patricia Blanco-Arias, JosÉ M. Cabezas-Agrícola, Samuel I. Pascual-Pascual and David AraÚjo-Vilar

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23466

    3. Impact of aging on the progression of neuropathy after liver transplantation in transthyretin Val30Met amyloidosis (pages 961–964)

      Haruki Koike, Rina Hashimoto, Minoru Tomita, Yuichi Kawagashira, Masahiro Iijima, Tomohiko Nakamura, Hirohisa Watanabe, Hideya Kamei, Tetsuya Kiuchi and Gen Sobue

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23480

    4. A case of peripheral nerve microvasculitis associated with multiple myeloma and bortezomib treatment (pages 964–970)

      Michelle L. Mauermann, Martin S. Blumenreich, Angela Dispenzieri and Nathan P. Staff

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23493

  9. Letters to the Editor

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Genesis of the structural pathology of myelinated fibers in median nerve entrapment (pages 970–977)

      José L. Ochoa

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23458

    2. Reply (page 978)

      Ranjan Gupta and Tahseen Mozaffar

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23457

    3. How “impactful” is the impact factor for journals? (page 979)

      Raghav Govindarajan

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23679

    4. Reply: Use and misuse of impact factors (pages 979–980)

      David Burke and Lawrence H. Phillips II

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23682

    5. Ultrasonographic assessment of longitudinal median nerve and hand flexor tendon dynamics in carpal tunnel syndrome (pages 980–981)

      Antonios Kerasnoudis

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23476

    6. Reply (page 981)

      Jan-Wiebe H. Korstanje, Marjan Scheltens-de Boer, Joleen H. Blok, Peter C. Amadio, Steven E.R. Hovius, Henk J. Stam and Ruud W. Selles

      Article first published online: 5 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23475

    7. Potential predictors of response to immunomodulation in patients with myasthenia gravis (page 982)

      Hai-Feng Li, Tao Liu, Yu Hong and Hong-Liang Zhang

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23495

    8. Reply (pages 982–983)

      Hans D. Katzberg, Carolina Barnett and Vera Bril

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23494

    9. An unusual presentation of a proximal median nerve Schwannoma (page 983)

      Rachel DiTrapani and Devon I. Rubin

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23504

    10. Further heterogeneity in myopathy with tubular aggregates? (pages 983–984)

      Andre Maues De Paula, Marc Bartoli, Sebastien Courrier, Jean Pouget, Nicolas Levy, Jean-François Pellissier, Dominique Figarella-Branger, Martin Krahn and Shahram Attarian

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23509

  10. AANEM Calendar of Events

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. Calendar of events (pages 986–987)

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23704

  11. AANEM News & Announcements

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. AANEM news and comments (pages 988–992)

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23705

  12. AANEM Applications

    1. Top of page
    2. Table of Content
    3. Between the Covers
    4. Acknowledgment: Ad Hoc Reviewers
    5. Editorials
    6. Invited Reviews
    7. Main Articles
    8. Short Reports
    9. Cases of the Month
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. AANEM Calendar of Events
    12. AANEM News & Announcements
    13. AANEM Applications
    1. AANEM Application (pages 993–994)

      Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/mus.23703

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