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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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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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author | Daia, Cristina Scheau, Cristian Neagu, Geanina Andone, Ioana Spanu, Aura Popescu, Cristina Stoica, Simona Isabelle Verenca, Madalina Codruta Onose, Gelu |
author_facet | Daia, Cristina Scheau, Cristian Neagu, Geanina Andone, Ioana Spanu, Aura Popescu, Cristina Stoica, Simona Isabelle Verenca, Madalina Codruta 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report 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 |
title_full | Nerve conduction study and electromyography findings in patients recovering from Covid-19 – Case report |
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 |
topic | Case Report |
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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