Why the study?
Does an EMG protocol combining repeated short exercise and cold exposure discriminate between ion channel mutations causing myotonia?
Population
54 patients with chloride or sodium channel mutations causing myotonia, and 31 unaffected control subjects.
Comparison
Electromyography protocol combining repeated… vs Repeated short exercise test at room…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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An EMG protocol combining repeated short exercise and cold exposure can effectively discriminate between chloride and sodium channel mutations in patients with myotonia.
Does an EMG protocol combining repeated short exercise and cold exposure discriminate between ion channel mutations causing myotonia?
An EMG protocol combining repeated short exercise and cold exposure can effectively discriminate between chloride and sodium channel mutations in patients with myotonia.
Fournier et al. (2006) studied this question.
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