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EMG: impaired neuromuscular transmission

MedGen UID:
867778
Concept ID:
C4022168
Finding
HPO: HP:0100285

Definition

An electromyographic finding associated with erratic or absent neuromuscular transmission with erratic, moment-to-moment changes in the shape of the motor unit potential (MUP). [from HPO]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Finsterer J
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019 Feb 26;14(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1025-5. PMID: 30808424Free PMC Article
Vallier JM, Gruet M, Mely L, Pensini M, Brisswalter J
J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2011 Apr;21(2):242-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.10.010. PMID: 21078561
Schindler-Ivens S, Brown DA, Lewis GN, Nielsen JB, Ondishko KL, Wieser J
Exp Brain Res 2008 Jul;188(3):465-74. Epub 2008 Apr 22 doi: 10.1007/s00221-008-1373-1. PMID: 18427793
Eikermann M, Gerwig M, Hasselmann C, Fiedler G, Peters J
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2007 Feb;51(2):226-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01228.x. PMID: 17261149
Slater CR, Fawcett PR, Walls TJ, Lyons PR, Bailey SJ, Beeson D, Young C, Gardner-Medwin D
Brain 2006 Aug;129(Pt 8):2061-76. doi: 10.1093/brain/awl200. PMID: 16870884

Diagnosis

Vincent A
Neuroscience 2020 Jul 15;439:48-61. Epub 2020 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.03.009. PMID: 32194225
Rubin DI
Handb Clin Neurol 2019;160:281-301. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64032-1.00018-7. PMID: 31277854
Finsterer J
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019 Feb 26;14(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1025-5. PMID: 30808424Free PMC Article
Karagiannopoulos C, Michlovitz S
J Hand Ther 2016 Apr-Jun;29(2):154-65. Epub 2015 Dec 12 doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2015.12.003. PMID: 26774958
Kuwabara S, Kokubun N, Misawa S, Kanai K, Isose S, Shibuya K, Noto Y, Mori M, Sekiguchi Y, Nasu S, Fujimaki Y, Hirata K, Yuki N
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2011 Oct;82(10):1174-7. Epub 2010 Nov 11 doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.210708. PMID: 21071752

Therapy

Finsterer J
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019 Feb 26;14(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1025-5. PMID: 30808424Free PMC Article
Knikou M, Mummidisetty CK
J Neurophysiol 2014 Jun 1;111(11):2264-75. Epub 2014 Mar 5 doi: 10.1152/jn.00871.2013. PMID: 24598526
Robb SA, Sewry CA, Dowling JJ, Feng L, Cullup T, Lillis S, Abbs S, Lees MM, Laporte J, Manzur AY, Knight RK, Mills KR, Pike MG, Kress W, Beeson D, Jungbluth H, Pitt MC, Muntoni F
Neuromuscul Disord 2011 Jun;21(6):379-86. Epub 2011 Mar 25 doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.02.012. PMID: 21440438
Eikermann M, Gerwig M, Hasselmann C, Fiedler G, Peters J
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2007 Feb;51(2):226-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01228.x. PMID: 17261149
Ambrosini A, Maertens de Noordhout A, Schoenen J
Neurology 2001 Apr 24;56(8):1038-43. doi: 10.1212/wnl.56.8.1038. PMID: 11320175

Prognosis

Rubin DI
Handb Clin Neurol 2019;160:281-301. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64032-1.00018-7. PMID: 31277854
Karagiannopoulos C, Michlovitz S
J Hand Ther 2016 Apr-Jun;29(2):154-65. Epub 2015 Dec 12 doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2015.12.003. PMID: 26774958
Vallier JM, Gruet M, Mely L, Pensini M, Brisswalter J
J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2011 Apr;21(2):242-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.10.010. PMID: 21078561
Schindler-Ivens S, Brown DA, Lewis GN, Nielsen JB, Ondishko KL, Wieser J
Exp Brain Res 2008 Jul;188(3):465-74. Epub 2008 Apr 22 doi: 10.1007/s00221-008-1373-1. PMID: 18427793
Ali HH
Int J Clin Monit Comput 1987;4(3):185-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02915906. PMID: 2821137

Clinical prediction guides

Sarto F, Stashuk DW, Franchi MV, Monti E, Zampieri S, Valli G, Sirago G, Candia J, Hartnell LM, Paganini M, McPhee JS, De Vito G, Ferrucci L, Reggiani C, Narici MV
J Physiol 2022 Nov;600(21):4731-4751. Epub 2022 Sep 27 doi: 10.1113/JP283381. PMID: 36071599Free PMC Article
Robb SA, Sewry CA, Dowling JJ, Feng L, Cullup T, Lillis S, Abbs S, Lees MM, Laporte J, Manzur AY, Knight RK, Mills KR, Pike MG, Kress W, Beeson D, Jungbluth H, Pitt MC, Muntoni F
Neuromuscul Disord 2011 Jun;21(6):379-86. Epub 2011 Mar 25 doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.02.012. PMID: 21440438
Kaja S, van de Ven RC, van Dijk JG, Verschuuren JJ, Arahata K, Frants RR, Ferrari MD, van den Maagdenberg AM, Plomp JJ
Eur J Neurosci 2007 Apr;25(7):2009-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05438.x. PMID: 17439489
Eikermann M, Gerwig M, Hasselmann C, Fiedler G, Peters J
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2007 Feb;51(2):226-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01228.x. PMID: 17261149
Ali HH
Int J Clin Monit Comput 1987;4(3):185-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02915906. PMID: 2821137

Recent systematic reviews

Finsterer J
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019 Feb 26;14(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1025-5. PMID: 30808424Free PMC Article

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