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Improvement of screening in exertional myalgia with a standardized ischemic forearm test.
- Source :
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Muscle & nerve [Muscle Nerve] 1986 Oct; Vol. 9 (8), pp. 731-7. - Publication Year :
- 1986
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Abstract
- An ischemic forearm test with simultaneous measurement of both lactate and ammonia can be used as a screening method for myoadenylate deaminase deficiency (MADD) and for various glyco(geno)lytic defects. A standardized and a nonstandardized test have been compared in a group of 186 patients with exertional myalgia. Standardization of the ischemic forearm test has led to greater yields of both lactate and ammonia in venous return blood of patients and controls. The sensitivity of the proposed test procedure in detecting MADD patients was 100%, whereas the specificity amounted to 98.8% among exertional myalgia patients.
- Subjects :
- AMP Deaminase analysis
AMP Deaminase deficiency
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Ammonia blood
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Enzyme Tests
Female
Humans
Ischemia metabolism
Ischemia physiopathology
Lactates blood
Lactic Acid
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic
Muscles enzymology
Muscles physiopathology
Pain diagnosis
Physical Exertion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0148-639X
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Muscle & nerve
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3785284
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.880090809