Diaphragm quantitative electromyography in difficult-to-treat asthmatic patients

ABSTRACT Quantitative electromyography is an important tool to evaluate myopathies, and some difficult-to-treat asthmatic patients may have a subclinical corticosteroid myopathic process, using only inhaled corticosteroid, according to some studies. In this report, diaphragm quantitative electromyography was used to evaluate asthmatic difficult-to-treat patients, comparing them with a control group. Significant differences were obtained in amplitude, duration and size index of motor unit action potentials, with lower parameters in the asthmatic patients, which may indicate a myopathic process.

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Main Authors:	Caetano,Marcelo R., Maranhão,Analucia A., Peixoto,Eduardo M., Alamy,Alexandre H., Casseta,Ana Paula, Rodrigues Filho,Julio C.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2019
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2019000800550
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