Magnetic resonance imaging correlates with electrical impedance myography in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
Muscle Nerve
; 61(5): 644-649, 2020 05.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Electrical impedance myography (EIM) has been proposed as a noninvasive biomarker of muscle composition in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Here we determine the associations of EIM variables with muscle structure measured by MRI.METHODS:
We evaluated 20 patients with FSHD at two centers, comparing EIM measurements (resistance, reactance, and phase at 50, 100, and 211 kHZ) recorded from bilateral vastus lateralis, tibialis anterior, and medial gastrocnemius muscles to MRI skin and subcutaneous fat thickness, MRI T1-based muscle severity score (T1 muscle score), and MRI quantitative intramuscular Dixon fat fraction (FF).RESULTS:
While reactance and phase both correlated with FF and T1 muscle score, 50 kHz reactance was most sensitive to muscle structure alterations measured by both T1 score (ρ = -0.71, P < .001) and FF (ρ = -0.74, P < .001).DISCUSSION:
This study establishes the correlation of EIM with structural MRI features in FSHD and supports further evaluation of EIM as a potential biomarker in FSHD clinical trials.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Impedância Elétrica
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Músculo Esquelético
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Distrofia Muscular Facioescapuloumeral
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Músculo Quadríceps
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Miografia
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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