Home videos characterising any associated altered motor function (eg, gait, posture) can assist evaluations for ... EMG can be normal or show myopathic features with small, short, polyphasic motor ...

The duration, amplitude, and number of phases of the MUPs are assessed. In myopathic disorders, MUPs are short and of low amplitude, and can also show marked polyphasia owing to reduced ...

Gait training exercises are movements designed to help improve strength, balance and coordination when walking. They may be part of a physical therapy program for a person recovering from a stroke, an ...

A substantial corpus of evidence suggests that the cognitive involvement in postural control and gait increases with aging. A large portion of such studies were based on dual-task experimental designs ...

Multiple myeloma is part of the spectrum of diseases ranging from MGUS to plasma cell leukemia, and similar to MGUS, is characterized by proliferation of a plasma cell clone and subsequent ...

Clinical Physiology provides diagnostic methods to detect and evaluate dysfunction of various organs and systems in the body such as the heart, peripheral vessels, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal ...

During the second stage of an illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a young woman developed a myopathic syndrome characterised by severe muscular pains, incapacitating weakness of the proximal limb ...

Electromyography is expected to show myopathic features particularly in clinically affected muscles. Testing may show the presence of spontaneous activity such as fibrillation potentials and positive ...