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Endplate contributions to the safety factor for neuromuscular transmissionRobert L Ruff
Neurology Service, Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland 44106, Ohio, USA Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Muscle Nerve 44:854-61. 2011..This study focuses on the postsynaptic factors that influence the SF and how the SF is altered in myasthenia gravis. Muscle Nerve, 2011...- Improving sleep: initial headache treatment in OIF/OEF veterans with blast-induced mild traumatic brain injuryRobert L Ruff
Neurology Service, 127 W, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, 10701 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 46:1071-84. 2009..50 +/- 0.49 to 28.60 +/- 0.59. We found these gains maintained 6 months later. This pilot study suggests that addressing sleep is a good first step in treating posttraumatic headaches in OIF/OEF veterans... - Headaches among Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom veterans with mild traumatic brain injury associated with exposures to explosionsRobert L Ruff
Neurology Service and Polytrauma System of Care, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center VAMC, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 45:941-52. 2008..Veterans with impairments had been exposed to more explosions and were more likely to have headache, features of migraine, more severe pain, more frequent headaches, posttraumatic stress disorder, and impaired sleep with nightmares... - Repair and neurorehabilitation strategies for spinal cord injuryRobert L Ruff
Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1142:1-20. 2008..This article discusses recent advances in neurorehabilitation that can improve the life quality of individuals with SCI... - How myasthenia gravis alters the safety factor for neuromuscular transmissionRobert L Ruff
Neurology Service, Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
J Neuroimmunol 201:13-20. 2008..We conclude that loss of endplate Na(+) channels in MG is due to complement-mediated loss of endplate membrane rather than a direct effect of myasthenogenic antibodies on endplate Na(+) channels... - Persistent benefits of rehabilitation on pain and life quality for nonambulatory patients with spinal epidural metastasisRobert L Ruff
Neurology Service 127 W, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 44:271-8. 2007..We conclude that spinal cord injury rehabilitation for nonambulatory subjects with SEM produces persistent benefits for pain, depression, and satisfaction with life... - Directed rehabilitation reduces pain and depression while increasing independence and satisfaction with life for patients with paraplegia due to epidural metastatic spinal cord compressionRobert L Ruff
Neurology and Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction Services, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 44:1-10. 2007..We conclude that directed rehabilitation reduced patients' pain levels and increased their mobility, survival, and life satisfaction... - Construction of efficacious gait and upper limb functional interventions based on brain plasticity evidence and model-based measures for stroke patientsJanis J Daly
DVA FES Center of Excellence, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, USA
ScientificWorldJournal 7:2031-45. 2007..The ICF model provided the challenge to restore function and life role participation. The means to that end was provided by principles of CNS plasticity and motor learning... - Recovery of coordinated gait: randomized controlled stroke trial of functional electrical stimulation (FES) versus no FES, with weight-supported treadmill and over-ground trainingJanis J Daly
Cognitive and Motor Learning Research Program, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 25:588-96. 2011..No single intervention restores the coordinated components of gait after stroke... - Traumatic brain injury, polytrauma, and pain: challenges and treatment strategies for the polytrauma rehabilitationRonald J Gironda
Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service, James A Haley Veteran s Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Rehabil Psychol 54:247-58. 2009.... - Susceptibility of ocular tissues to autoimmune diseasesHenry J Kaminski
Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 998:362-74. 2003..Greater appreciation of the immunologic environment of orbital tissues may lead to therapies specifically designed for orbital autoimmune diseases... - Response to upper-limb robotics and functional neuromuscular stimulation following strokeJanis J Daly
Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs VA Medical Center, Medical Research Service, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 42:723-36. 2005..ROB-ML produced significant gains in AMAT, AMAT-S/E, FM upper-limb coordination, TA, and SM. FNS-ML produced significant gains in AMAT-W/H and FM upper-limb coordination... - Neurophysiology of the neuromuscular junction: overviewRobert L Ruff
Neurology Service and Rehabilitation and SCI and D Care Line, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, and Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 998:1-10. 2003..It also introduces new information about how the neuromuscular junction maintains physiological integrity during muscle fiber stretch and contraction... - INa and IKir are reduced in Type 1 hypokalemic and thyrotoxic periodic paralysisAraya Puwanant
Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Muscle Nerve 42:315-27. 2010..HOPP T-toxic TPP fibers had altered G(Na), I(Na), and I(Kir) associated with elevation in [Ca(2+)]... - Physiological Cost Index as a proxy measure for the oxygen cost of gait in stroke patientsEric Fredrickson
Department of Veterans Affairs, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 21:429-34. 2007..This study tested the usefulness of an indirect index of oxygen cost, the Physiological Cost Index, and the ability of this index to discriminate between healthy adults and stroke survivors... - Treatment of spinal epidural metastasis improves patient survival and functional stateOsama O Zaidat
Neurology Service and Rehabilitation and Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction Care Line, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Neurology 58:1360-6. 2002..Recurrent spinal epidural metastases occurred in 8.63% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: Patients who walked after treatment lived longer, were ambulatory for most of their remaining life, had less pain, and had a lower incidence of depression...