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Case Reports
. 1987 Apr;50(4):423-7.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.50.4.423.

Shoulder abduction fatiguability

J Nicklin, Y Karni, C M Wiles
Case Reports

Shoulder abduction fatiguability

J Nicklin et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1987 Apr.

Abstract

Shoulder abduction fatiguability has been measured using a hand held myometer in normal subjects and patients with peripheral neuromuscular diseases. An index of fatiguability was based on the decline in force over a series of ten maximum voluntary contractions performed in under a minute. The technique was repeatable and well tolerated. Patients with myasthenia, mitochondrial myopathy and motor neuron disease tended to show excess fatiguability independent of muscle strength. Serial measurements demonstrated alterations in fatiguability but not necessarily strength, associated with changes in symptoms.

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