Modified exercise test in screening for mitochondrial myopathies - Adjustment of workload in relation to muscle strength

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-41

  Hammarén, Elisabet ^a   Rafsten, Lena ^a   Kreuter, Margareta ^b   Lindberg, Christopher ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bicycle ergometer; Lactate stress test; Mitochondrial myopathy; Subanaerobic threshold exercise test

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346786138     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074981     Document Type: Article

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