Normative reference values for the dorsal sural nerve derived from a large multicenter cohort.

Objectives: Dorsal sural nerve conduction studies (NCS) may increase the sensitivity for the diagnosis of polyneuropathy, but clinical use is limited by a lack of reliable normative reference values in all age-groups. The aim of our study was to develop reference values for the dorsal sural nerve, based on a large multicenter cohort of healthy subjects.

Methods: Bilateral antidromic NCS were performed using standard surface electrodes in 229 healthy subjects (aged 21-80 years; median: 54 years).

Standardized computer-based organized reporting of EEG: SCORE.

The electroencephalography (EEG) signal has a high complexity, and the process of extracting clinically relevant features is achieved by visual analysis of the recordings. The interobserver agreement in EEG interpretation is only moderate. This is partly due to the method of reporting the findings in free-text format.

Multiple mononeuropathy following cocaine abuse.

A 31-year-old man with acute-onset of left-sided weakness following the sniffing of cocaine was admitted with rhabdomyolysis. Neurophysiological studies showed axonal degeneration in 4/10 sensory and 3/8 motor nerves, and conduction block outside the typical compression-sites in 3/8 motor nerves. The findings are consistent with a diagnosis of multiple mononeuropathy.

Myofascial trigger points are very prevalent in patients with chronic tension-type headache: a double-blinded controlled study.

Objectives: Myofascial pain syndromes due to trigger points (TrPs) are clinical entities, but more evidence is needed to evaluate TrP palpation. Chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) is the most prevalent chronic headache with high socioeconomic costs. The primary aim was to study whether TrP palpation can distinguish patients with headache patients from healthy controls.

Nerve excitability changes in chronic renal failure indicate membrane depolarization due to hyperkalaemia.

Multiple nerve excitability measurements were used to investigate axonal membrane properties in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Nine patients were studied during routine haemodialysis therapy. The median nerve was stimulated at the wrist and compound muscle action potentials recorded from abductor pollicis brevis.