Article
Ischemic exercise test: failure to detect partial expression of McArdle's disease.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Jan 2000
Taylor R G, Lieberman J S, Portwood M M
Abstract excerpt
The forearm ischemic exercise test (FIET) is a very important clinical tool for evaluation of patients suspected to have a metabolic disorder of muscle function. Failure to elevate lactate in blood washed out from ischemically exercised muscles confirms an abnormality of glycolytic metabolism. A...
Topics
- Adult
- Exercise Test
- Female
- Forearm
- Glycogen Storage Disease
- Glycogen Storage Disease Type V
- Glycolysis
- Humans
- Lactates
- Lactic Acid
- Middle Aged
- Muscles
- Phenotype
- Phosphorylases