Myoclonus and tremor in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a multichannel electromyography analysis.

Background: Information regarding involuntary movements in chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy (CIDP) is gradually increasing. Our goal is to identify the types of involuntary movements in CIDP.

Methods: All patients who were followed with the diagnosis of CIDP were invited for clinical and electrophysiological evaluations.

Cutaneous silent period in patients with spinal muscular atrophy type 2 and type 3.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine cutaneous silent periods (CSPs) in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 and type 3 patients.

Methods: Fourteen patients with SMA and 14 healthy subjects were included. CSPs were recorded from thenar muscles after painful stimulation of the index finger during slight thumb abduction.

Modulation of the Somatosensory Blink Reflex in the Peripersonal Space Is Defective in Episodic Migraine.

Objective: In migraine, there is an altered behavior of patients during the attack and an altered connectivity in the cortical structures modulating and encoding the sensation and pain. Thus, we hypothesized that the extent of the peripersonal space (PPS) and the responses in the PPS may change during a migraine attack. For this reason, we analyzed the modulation of somatosensory blink reflex (SBR) in the PPS during episodic migraine.

Ulnar Neuropathy at Elbow in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Purpose: In diabetes mellitus (DM), upper extremity entrapment neuropathies are suggested to be a component of polyneuropathy (PNP). Our aim is to examine the presence of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE) and its relation to other findings including PNP in symptomatic and asymptomatic type-2 DM patients who were admitted for routine examinations.

Methods: The study included all cases referred for electromyography because of type-2 DM between November 2017 and May 2018.