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Muscle excitability testing
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DOI：10.1016/j.clinph.2024.04.022.png)
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Conventional electrophysiological methods, i.e. nerve conduction studies and electromyography are suitable methods for the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders, however, they provide limited information about muscle fibre membrane properties and underlying disease mechanisms. Muscle excitability testing is a technique that provides in vivo information about muscle fibre membrane properties such as membrane potential and ion channel function. Since the 1960s, various methodologies have been suggested to examine muscle membrane properties but technical difficulties have limited its use. In 2009, an automated, fast and simple application, the socalled multi-fibre muscle velocity recovery cycles (MVRC) has accelerated the use of muscle excitability testing. Later, frequency ramp and repetitive stimulation protocols have been developed. Though this method has been used mainly in research for revealing disease mechanisms across a broad range of neuromuscular disorders, it may have additional diagnostic uses; value has been shown particularly in muscle channelopathies. This review will provide a description of the state-of-the art of methodological and clinical studies for muscle excitability testing. (c) 2024 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords:
Muscle excitability testing
Muscle velocity recovery cycles
Frequency ramp
Repetitive stimulation
Muscle channelopathies
Myopathy
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