This paper discusses possible neurological disorders in one of the oldest and most important monuments of human literature--'The Holy Scriptures'. These include epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders, speech disorders, psychogenic disorders, head trauma, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The approach to and the 'miraculous' healing of these ailments is discussed.

Neuromuscular abnormalities developing as a consequence of critical illness can be found in the majority of patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) for 1 week or more (1–3). The spectrum of illness ranges from isolated nerve entrapment with focal pain or weakness, to disuse muscle atrophy with mild weakness, to severe myopathy or neuropathy with associated severe, prolonged weakn...

Neuromuscular abnormalities culminating in skeletal-muscle weakness occur very commonly in critically ill patients. Intensive-care-unit (ICU) acquired neuromuscular abnormalities are typically divided into 2 discrete classes: polyneuropathy and myopathy. However, it is likely that these 2 entities commonly coexist, with myopathy being the most common cause of weakness. Major risk factors for IC...

This is a summary of the presentation on special considerations in the respiratory management of spinal muscular atrophy, presented as part of the program on pulmonary management of patients with pediatric neuromuscular disorders at the 30th annual Carrell-Krusen Neuromuscular Symposium on February 20, 2008.

Investigators from the University of Western Australia report the diagnostic yield of performing next generation sequencing (NGS; whole exome and targeted capture of 277 neuromuscular genes) in a heterogenous cohort of patients with neuromuscular disorders (NMD) presenting at or before birth.

www.thelancet.com Published online Ocotober 13, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31850-5 1 Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia (WMC); Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Western Australian Neuromuscular Research Insitiute, University of Western Australia, WA, Australia (WMC); National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auck...

Cross-references: MP-6.020 Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation MP-6.045 Sympathetic Therapy for the Treatment of Pain MP-6.046 Threshold Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment of Motor Disorders MP-6.047 Interferential Stimulation for Treatment of Pain MP-6.049 H-Wave Electrical Stimulation MP-6.050 Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS) and Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy...

This is a summary of the presentation "A 2009 Perspective on the 2004 American Thoracic Society Statement, 'Respiratory Care of the Patient With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,'" presented as part of the program on pulmonary management of pediatric patients with neuromuscular disorders at the 30th annual Carrell-Krusen Neuromuscular Symposium on February 20, 2008.

Neuromuscular disorders like myotonic dystrophy (dystrophia myotonica or Steinert's disease) and spinal muscular atrophy are associated with perioperative complications related to muscle weakness. These patients have an increased sensitivity to non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking agents, which can lead to postoperative residual curarization (PORC) and its associated respiratory complication...

van Dijk JP, Kusters D, van Alfen N, Zwarts MJ, Stegeman DF, Drost G. Using highdensity surface electromyography (HD-sEMG) in detecting neuromuscular disorders in children . Abstract for the 28th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 10-14 September 2006 Dieks R, van Eijk JJ, van Alfen N, van Engelen BGM. Neuralgic amyotrophy and treatment with prednison...