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Nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from Covid-19 – Case report

• Three patients with recent sequelae after Corona Virus Disease (COVID)-19 such as fatigue and myalgia of both calves underwent electrophysiological examinations, nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG). NCS shows, as common elements, the presence of a partial or complete conducti...

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Autores principales: Daia, Cristina, Scheau, Cristian, Neagu, Geanina, Andone, Ioana, Spanu, Aura, Popescu, Cristina, Stoica, Simona Isabelle, Verenca, Madalina Codruta, Onose, Gelu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33217570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.146
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Neagu, Geanina
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Spanu, Aura
Popescu, Cristina
Stoica, Simona Isabelle
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Onose, Gelu
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description • Three patients with recent sequelae after Corona Virus Disease (COVID)-19 such as fatigue and myalgia of both calves underwent electrophysiological examinations, nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG). NCS shows, as common elements, the presence of a partial or complete conduction block on several nerves, slightly prolonged latency of the tibial nerve, and rare or absent F-waves, all suggesting a demyelinating polyneuropathy due to SARS−COV-2. The short duration and low amplitude of the motor unit action potential with early full recruitment on interference pattern on EMG, typical for myopathy, suggest a direct action of COVID-19 on muscular fibers, especially in the lower limbs.
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spelling pubmed-76709222020-11-18 Nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from Covid-19 – Case report Daia, Cristina Scheau, Cristian Neagu, Geanina Andone, Ioana Spanu, Aura Popescu, Cristina Stoica, Simona Isabelle Verenca, Madalina Codruta Onose, Gelu Int J Infect Dis Case Report • Three patients with recent sequelae after Corona Virus Disease (COVID)-19 such as fatigue and myalgia of both calves underwent electrophysiological examinations, nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG). NCS shows, as common elements, the presence of a partial or complete conduction block on several nerves, slightly prolonged latency of the tibial nerve, and rare or absent F-waves, all suggesting a demyelinating polyneuropathy due to SARS−COV-2. The short duration and low amplitude of the motor unit action potential with early full recruitment on interference pattern on EMG, typical for myopathy, suggest a direct action of COVID-19 on muscular fibers, especially in the lower limbs. The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021-02 2020-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7670922/ /pubmed/33217570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.146 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Daia, Cristina
Scheau, Cristian
Neagu, Geanina
Andone, Ioana
Spanu, Aura
Popescu, Cristina
Stoica, Simona Isabelle
Verenca, Madalina Codruta
Onose, Gelu
Nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from Covid-19 – Case report
title Nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from Covid-19 – Case report
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title_fullStr Nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from Covid-19 – Case report
title_full_unstemmed Nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from Covid-19 – Case report
title_short Nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from Covid-19 – Case report
title_sort nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from covid-19 – case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33217570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.146
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