Prediction of organophosphorus insecticide-induced intermediate syndrome with stimulated concentric needle single fibre electromyography

Organophosphorus Compound Induced 'Intermediate Syndrome'

Concentric needle single fiber electromyography: comparative jitter on voluntary-activated and stimulated Extensor Digitorum Communis.

OBJECTIVE To compare the jitter values in voluntarily activated (v-CNE) and stimulated (s-CNE) techniques for Extensor Digitorum Communis muscle using a disposable concentric needle electrode (CNE). Quantifying jitter using a CNE in conjunction with a stimulated technique has not been reported previously. METHODS Forty-one normal subjects were studied, 15 male and 26 female with a mean age of...

Stimulated jitter with concentric needle in 42 myasthenia gravis patients.

OBJECTIVE To estimate jitter parameters in myasthenia gravis in stimulated frontalis and extensor digitorum muscles using the concentric needle electrode. METHODS Forty-two confirmed myasthenia gravis patients, being 22 males (aged 45.6±17.2 years-old) were studied. Jitter was expressed as the mean consecutive difference (MCD). RESULTS MCD in extensor digitorum was 61.6 µs (abnormal in 85.7...

Concentric needle single fiber electromyography: normative jitter values on voluntary activated Extensor Digitorum Communis.

Single fiber electromyography (SFEMG) is the most sensitive clinical neurophysiological test for neuromuscular junction disorders, particularly myasthenia gravis. Normal values for jitter obtained with SFEMG electrode have been published, but there are few publications for concentric needle electrode (CNE). The aim of this study was to discuss the possibilities to analyse the jitter in CNE reco...

Single fibre electromyography in central core disease.

Single fibre electromyography in the extensor digitorum communis muscle was studied in five patients with central core disease. The average number of muscle fibre action potentials belonging to the same motor unit was higher in patients than in healthy subjects of the same age. The increase in motor unit fibre density is consistent with increased terminal innervation ratio described in other pa...