Wells H M
Postgrad Med J. 1975;51 Suppl 1(593):137.
Muscle fatigue is a common symptom but there are no universally accepted methods for quantitating the function of voluntary muscle. This paper describes three main methods of assessment: simple clinical tests of muscle function; thermal probe measurements of metabolic heat production during muscular contraction; needle biopsy studies of muscle structure and chemistry. These methods, though at a relatively early stage of development, have given promising results which suggest that they could be useful in assessing possible new forms of treatment in patients with neuromuscular disorders.
肌肉疲劳是一种常见症状,但目前尚无普遍认可的定量随意肌功能的方法。本文介绍了三种主要的评估方法:肌肉功能的简单临床测试;肌肉收缩期间代谢产热的热探针测量;肌肉结构和化学的针吸活检研究。这些方法虽然尚处于相对早期的发展阶段,但已取得了令人鼓舞的结果,表明它们可能有助于评估神经肌肉疾病患者可能的新治疗形式。