Neuromuscular medicine is a subspecialty of neurology and physiatry that focuses the diagnosis and management of neuromuscular diseases. The field encompasses...
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A neuromuscular disease is any disease affecting the peripheral nervous system (PNS), the neuromuscular junctions, or skeletal muscles, all of which are...
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studies during a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology or neuromuscular medicine. Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians receive this training during...
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Pediatrics (redirect from Pediatric medicine)
Brain injury medicine Clinical neurophysiology Epilepsy Headache medicine Neurocritical care Neuroimmunology Neuromuscular medicine Pain medicine (multidisciplinary)...
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Neuromuscular-blocking drugs, or Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), block transmission at the neuromuscular junction, causing paralysis of the affected...
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in the United States: Neuromuscular medicine Pain medicine Pediatric rehabilitation medicine Spinal cord injury Sports medicine Brain damage Hospice and...
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fellowship in clinical neurophysiology, electrodiagnostic medicine, or neuromuscular medicine. Outside the US, clinical neurophysiologists learn needle...
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A neuromuscular junction (or myoneural junction) is a chemical synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber. It allows the motor neuron to transmit...
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during capture and restraint. Muscular disease can be classified as neuromuscular or musculoskeletal in nature. Different myopathies may be inherited...
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fellowship programs in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, neuromuscular medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. There are certain subspecialists...
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Medical specialty (redirect from Specialist (medicine))
of medicine that deal exclusively with children (pediatrics), cancer (oncology), laboratory medicine (pathology), or primary care (family medicine). After...
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liability to pressure palsy Mononeuropathy Neuritis Neuromuscular disease Neuromuscular medicine Neuropathy Polyradiculoneuropathy Radial neuropathy "Polyneuropathies...
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Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) is a medical society for the medical subspecialty of neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine based...
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brain injury medicine, clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy, neurodevelopmental disabilities, neuromuscular medicine, pain medicine, sleep medicine, neurocritical...
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Muscle relaxant (section Neuromuscular blockers)
therapeutic groups: neuromuscular blockers and spasmolytics. Neuromuscular blockers act by interfering with transmission at the neuromuscular end plate and...
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Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neuromuscular Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, Pediatric Critical...
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proteinopathy (IBMPFD) 13–15 November 2015, Heemskerk, The Netherlands". Neuromuscular Disorders. 26 (8): 535–547. doi:10.1016/j.nmd.2016.05.017. ISSN 0960-8966...
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (category Wikipedia medicine articles ready to translate)
immunoblotting for dystrophin, and should be interpreted by an experienced neuromuscular pathologist. These tests provide information on the presence or absence...
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Muscle & Nerve is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering neuromuscular medicine. It was founded in 1978 by Walter Bradley. It is published by John...
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A Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin Medicinae Doctor) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions...
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Muscular dystrophy (category Myoneural junction and neuromuscular diseases)
dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles...
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Myotonia (category Myoneural junction and neuromuscular diseases)
Myotonia is a symptom of a small handful of certain neuromuscular disorders characterized by delayed relaxation (prolonged contraction) of the skeletal...
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Neuromyotonia (category Myoneural junction and neuromuscular diseases)
autoimmune-mediated, which is usually caused by antibodies against the neuromuscular junction. The exact cause is unknown. However, autoreactive antibodies...
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for McArdle disease: A practical tool for clinicians and patients". Neuromuscular Disorders. 33 (7): 575–579. doi:10.1016/j.nmd.2023.05.006. PMID 37354872...
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Myasthenia gravis (category Myoneural junction and neuromuscular diseases)
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a long-term neuromuscular junction disease that leads to varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness. The most commonly affected...
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strength training. The medicine ball also serves an important role in the field of sports medicine to improve strength and neuromuscular coordination. It is...
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syndrome, and chronic venous insufficiency. Diseases disrupting the neuromuscular junction can cause abnormal muscle fatigue, such as myasthenia gravis...
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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (category Myoneural junction and neuromuscular diseases)
function.[citation needed] Perioperatively, prevention includes avoiding neuromuscular blockade, avoid excessive hyperventilation, warm the patient, provide...
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Dravet syndrome, Paramyotonia congenita Specialty Medical genetics, Neuromuscular medicine, Cardiology Symptoms Dependent on type. Include: Syncope, muscle...
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Myotonic dystrophy (category Myoneural junction and neuromuscular diseases)
diagnosis of DM1 and DM2 can be difficult due to the large number of neuromuscular disorders, most of which are very rare. One study found that diagnosis...
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