Follow up clinical and EDX data, presented from the mildest to the severest
| Case Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow up data | ||||||
| Clinical data: | ||||||
| Time after onset | 8 years | 4 years | 2 years | 3 years | 3 years | 2.5 years |
| Pain (NRS) | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 | 0/10 |
| Muscle motor deficiency | - left IS: 5/5 | Complete recovery: all muscles 5/5 | - right SA: 4/5 - right SSp: 4/5 - right IS: 4/5 - right deltoid: 5/5 - right elbow flexors/biceps: 4/5 | Complete recovery: all muscles 5/5 | - right SA: 4/5 - bilat IS: 4/5 - right FPL/FDP/PQ: 3/5 - left FPL/FDP/PQ: 5/5 | - bilat T: 5/5 - SA: right 5/5, left: 4/5 - bilat IS: 4/5 - right FPL: 3/5 - left FPL: 4/5 - bilat FDP2: 5/5 - right PQ: 4/5 - left PQ: 5/5 - bilat diaphragm: orthopnoea improved but still requiring oxygen at night |
| EDX data: | ||||||
| Time after onset | 8 years | 3.5 years | 2 years | 3 years | 3 years | 2.5 years |
| EDX | / the patient was evaluated in our centre but didn’t want to perform a new EDX as he felt totally fine | - normal interference pattern for deltoid, biceps and trapezius - outstanding increase of motor units number and of CMAP amplitude for SA | - very good increase of: motor units number with collateral reinnervation; and of CMAP amplitude for SA,IS; T; PQ - recovery limited by concomitant C6C7 root entrapment | / the patient was evaluated in our centre but didn’t want to perform a new EDX as he felt totally fine | - very good increase of motor units number and collateral reinnervation in left PQ, right SA and right IS - good but less significant increase of motor units in right PQ and left IS | - normal pattern in both T and right PQ - excellent increase of: motor units number with direct and collateral reinnervation; with normal CMAP amplitude for right SA, and both IS - 50% recovery of PN |
*HyperT1 signal: muscle fatty infiltration.
†HyperT2 Dixon signal: muscle oedema.
/, Missing data.
AIN, Anterior interosseous nerve; AM, Anconeal muscle; bilat, Bilateral; CMAP, Compound motor action potential; IS, Infraspinatus; FPL, Flexor pollicis longus; FDP2, Flexor digitorum profundus of digit 2; LABCN, Lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve; LTN, Long thoracic nerve; PQ, Pronator quadratus; PN, Phrenic nerve; SSN, Suprascapular nerve; SAN, Spinal acccessory nerve; SA, Serratus anterior; SSp, Supraspinatus; T, Trapezius.