[Neurogenic tissue syndrome. Review and specific results]

A review is given of the skeletal muscle and specific methods required for its examination, before major findings from the neurogenic tissue syndrome are discussed in some detail. These findings, not specific of the diseases involved, may be grouped as follows along three lines: alterations resulting from (repetitive) denervation; re-innervation; secondary myopathic alterations (also called concomitant myopathy). Evaluation and rating of all findings and data relative to percentual incidence are followed by postulation of a guideline for diagnosis.