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People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...
This is performed by testing for proximal and distal muscle strength, as well as testing for any signs of neurogenic symptoms such as impaired sensation, deep tendon reflexes, and atrophy. [ 1 ] If needed, more advanced equipment can be used to help determine whether a patient has ANIM.
5q spinal muscular atrophy; Autosomal recessive proximal spinal muscular atrophy; Werdnig–Hoffmann disease / Kugelberg–Welander disease; 253300 253550 253400 271150: SMN1: 5q13.2: Autosomal recessive: Affects primarily proximal muscles in people of all ages, progressive, relatively common XLSMA: X-linked spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMAX1)
Congenital distal spinal muscular atrophy (cDSMA), also known as distal hereditary motor neuropathy (or neuronopathy) type VIII (dHMN8), is a hereditary medical condition characterized by muscle wasting (), particularly of distal muscles in legs and hands, and by early-onset contractures (permanent shortening of a muscle or joint) of the hip, knee, and ankle.
This usually starts with the observation of bulk, possible atrophy or loss of muscle tone. Neuromuscular disease can also be diagnosed by various blood tests and using electrodiagnostic medicine tests [ 23 ] including electromyography [ 24 ] (measuring electrical activity in muscles) and nerve conduction studies . [ 25 ]
Myopathy experienced over a long period (chronic) may result in the muscle becoming an abnormal size, such as muscle atrophy (abnormally small) or a pseudoathletic appearance (abnormally large). Capture myopathy can occur in wild or captive animals, such as deer and kangaroos , and leads to morbidity and mortality. [ 2 ]
Complications can include muscle atrophy, loss of voluntary motor control, spasticity, pressure sores, infections, and breathing problems. In the majority of cases the damage results from physical trauma such as car accidents , gunshot wounds , falls , or sports injuries , but it can also result from nontraumatic causes such as infection ...
Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (HNA) is a neuralgic disorder that is characterized by nerve damage and muscle atrophy, preceded by severe pain. [1] In about half of the cases it is associated with a mutation of the SEPT9 gene (17q25). While not much is known about this disorder, it has been characterized to be similar to Parsonage-Turner ...