McArdle disease does not affect skeletal muscle fibre type profiles in humans

Patients suffering from glycogen storage disease V (McArdle disease) were shown to have higher surface electrical activity in their skeletal muscles when exercising at the same intensity as their healthy counterparts, indicating more muscle fibre recruitment. To explain this phenomenon, this study i...

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Main Authors: Tertius Abraham Kohn, Timothy David Noakes, Dale Elizabeth Rae, Juan Carlos Rubio, Alfredo Santalla, Gisela Nogales-Gadea, Tomas Pinós, Miguel A. Martín, Joaquin Arenas, Alejandro Lucia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2014-11-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/3/12/1224