[HTML][HTML] Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis

F Weber - 2021 - europepmc.org
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (hyperPP) is characterized by attacks of flaccid limb
weakness (which may also include weakness of the muscles of the eyes, throat, breathing …

Periodic paralysis across the life course: age-related phenotype transition and sarcopenia overlap

K Suetterlin, S Law, WD Arnold - Frontiers in Neurology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In Periodic Paralysis (PP), a rare inherited condition caused by mutation in skeletal muscle
ion channels, the phenotype changes with age, transitioning from the episodic attacks of …

Early detection of evolving critical illness myopathy with muscle velocity recovery cycles

A Tankisi, TH Pedersen, H Bostock, WJ Z'Graggen… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the sensitivity of muscle velocity recovery cycles (MVRCs) for
detecting altered membrane properties in critically ill patients, and to compare this to …

[HTML][HTML] Critical illness myopathy and polyneuropathy in Covid-19: Is it a distinct entity?

H Tankisi - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing the new
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), continues to spread and have serious health and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of potassium in muscle membrane dysfunction in end-stage renal disease

LH Larsen, WJ Z'Graggen, H Bostock, SV Tan… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Uremic myopathy is a condition seen in end-stage renal disease (ESRD),
characterized by muscle weakness and muscle fatigue, in which the pathophysiology is …

Muscle velocity recovery cycles as pharmacodynamic biomarker: Effects of mexiletine in a randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled cross‐over study

TQ Ruijs, IW Koopmans, ML de Kam… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Measuring muscle velocity recovery cycles (MVRCs) is a method to obtain information on
muscle cell excitability, independent of neuromuscular transmission. The goal was to …

Case report: A novel CACNA1S mutation associated with hypokalemic periodic paralysis

EP Nuzhnyi, AS Arestova, AV Rossokhin… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoKPP) is a rare neuromuscular genetic
disorder causing recurrent episodes of flaccid paralysis. Most cases are associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Muscle excitability testing

H Tankisi, H Bostock, SV Tan, J Howells, K Ng… - Clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conventional electrophysiological methods, ie nerve conduction studies and
electromyography are suitable methods for the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders …

[HTML][HTML] Excitability properties of mouse and human skeletal muscle fibres compared by muscle velocity recovery cycles

KJ Suetterlin, R Männikkö, E Matthews… - Neuromuscular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mouse models of skeletal muscle channelopathies are not phenocopies of human disease.
In some cases (eg Myotonia Congenita) the phenotype is much more severe, whilst in others …

Inherited myotonias

K Suetterlin, R Mӓnnikkӧ, DL Jayaseelan - Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2024 - Elsevier
The inherited myotonias are a complex group of diseases caused by variations in genes that
encode or modulate the expression of ion channels that regulate muscle excitability. These …