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. 1999:471:313-9.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4717-4_38.

Quantitative measurement of oxygen consumption and forearm blood flow in patients with mitochondrial myopathies

M C Van Beekvelt  1 , W N Colier, R A Wevers, B G Van Engelen
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Quantitative measurement of oxygen consumption and forearm blood flow in patients with mitochondrial myopathies

M C Van Beekvelt et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1999.

Abstract

Five patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) and 27 healthy controls were examined by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for the non-invasive and direct quantitative measurement of muscle oxygen consumption during rest as well as during static isometric handgrip exercise at 10% of their maximum voluntary contraction. In patients with CPEO, we found a significantly decreased oxygen consumption during exercise, but more remarkably already during rest. Our results suggest that NIRS is able to discriminate between CPEO patients and healthy controls, which makes NIRS a promising tool in the diagnostic work-up of patients suspected of a mitochondrial myopathy.

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