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Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the utility of repetitive nerve stimulation test (RNS) for differentiating multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) and progressive muscular atrophy (PMA).
Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 20 patients with MMN or PMA. We extracted the results of the initial 3-Hz RNS in the ulnar and accessory nerves and compared the percentage and frequency of abnormal decremental responses between both groups.
Results: RNS was performed in 8 ulnar and 9 accessory nerves in patients with MMN, and in 8 ulnar and 10 accessory nerves in patients with PMA. Patients with MMN had a significantly lower decrement percentage (0.6 ± 4.0% in MMN vs. 10.3 ± 6.5% in PMA, P < 0.01) and frequency of abnormal decremental response (0 of 9 in MMN vs. 6 of 10 in PMA, P = 0.01) than patients with PMA in the accessory nerve.
Conclusions: The RNS has clinical utility for differentiating MMN from PMA.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease provides original articles of interest to physicians who treat patients with neuromuscular diseases, including disorders of the motor neuron, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junction, muscle, and autonomic nervous system. Each issue highlights the most advanced and successful approaches to diagnosis, functional assessment, surgical intervention, pharmacologic treatment, rehabilitation, and more.