[Diagnosis of muscle function in hereditary muscular dystrophies]

Kinderarztl Prax. 1990 Feb;58(2):99-109.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The evaluation of musclefunction im myopathies has been done upto now only by clinical trial. But in contrast in the field of medicine in sports has been proved the method of dynamometry of the muscles for a longer time which are necessary for objectivation of musclefunktion in myopathies. In this paper we present first results of health children and children suffering from Duchenne myopathy.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Exercise Test / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Isometric Contraction / physiology*
  • Male
  • Muscle Contraction / physiology*
  • Muscular Dystrophies / diagnosis
  • Muscular Dystrophies / genetics*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*