Muscle fiber conduction slowing and decreased levels of circulating muscle proteins after short-term dexamethasone administration in healthy subjects

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1663-1671

  Minetto, Marco A ^a,b   Botter, Alberto ^b   Lanfranco, Fabio ^a   Baldi, Matteo ^a   Ghigo, Ezio ^a   Arvat, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; MYOGLOBIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED MYOPATHY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SARCOLEMMA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREATINE KINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; SARCOLEMMA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951646929     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2161     Document Type: Article

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