PMID- 31839403 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210104 LR - 20210104 IS - 1873-2364 (Electronic) IS - 0960-8966 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan TI - Characteristics of respiratory muscle involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 1. PG - 17-27 LID - S0960-8966(19)31169-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.nmd.2019.10.011 [doi] AB - The pathophysiology of respiratory muscle weakness in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) remains incompletely understood. 21 adult patients with DM1 (11 men, 42 +/- 13 years) and 21 healthy matched controls underwent spirometry, manometry, and diaphragm ultrasound. In addition, surface electromyography of the diaphragm and the obliquus abdominis muscle was performed following cortical and posterior cervical magnetic stimulation (CMS) of the phrenic nerves or magnetic stimulation of the lower thoracic nerve roots. Magnetic stimulation was combined with invasive recording of the twitch transdiaphragmatic and gastric pressure (twPdi and twPgas) in 10 subjects per group. The following parameters were reduced in DM1 patients compared to control subjects: maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP; 40.3 +/- 19.2 vs. 95.8 +/- 28.5 cmH(2)O, p < 0.01), diaphragm thickening ratio (DTR; 2.0 +/- 0.4 vs. 2.7 +/- 0.6, p < 0.01), twPdi following CMS (10.8 +/- 8.3 vs. 21.4 +/- 10.1 cmH2O, p = 0.03), and amplitude of diaphragm compound muscle action potentials (0.10 +/- 0.25 vs. 0.46 +/- 0.35 mV; p = 0.04). MIP and DTR were significantly correlated with the muscular impairment rating scale (MIRS) score. Maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) was reduced in DM1 patients compared to controls (41.3 +/- 13.4 vs. 133.8 +/- 28.0 cmH2O, p < 0.01) and showed negative correlation with the MIRS score. Pgas following a maximum cough was markedly lower in patients than in controls (71.9 +/- 43.2 vs. 102.4 +/- 35.5 cmH(2)O) but without statistical significance (p = 0.06). In DM1, respiratory muscle weakness relates to clinical disease severity and involves inspiratory and probably expiratory muscle strength. Axonal phrenic nerve pathology may contribute to diaphragm dysfunction. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Henke, Carolin AU - Henke C AD - Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, Institute for Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany. FAU - Spiesshoefer, Jens AU - Spiesshoefer J AD - Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, Institute for Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany. FAU - Kabitz, Hans-Joachim AU - Kabitz HJ AD - Department of Pneumology, Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. FAU - Herkenrath, Simon AU - Herkenrath S AD - Bethanien Hospital gGmbH Solingen, Solingen, Germany; Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany. FAU - Randerath, Winfried AU - Randerath W AD - Bethanien Hospital gGmbH Solingen, Solingen, Germany; Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany. FAU - Brix, Tobias AU - Brix T AD - Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany. FAU - Gorlich, Dennis AU - Gorlich D AD - Insitute for Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University Hospital, Muenster, Germany. FAU - Young, Peter AU - Young P AD - Medical Park Klinik Reithofpark, Bad Feilnbach, Germany. FAU - Boentert, Matthias AU - Boentert M AD - Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, Institute for Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany. Electronic address: matthias.boentert@ukmuenster.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191105 PL - England TA - Neuromuscul Disord JT - Neuromuscular disorders : NMD JID - 9111470 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Diaphragm/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology MH - Electromyography MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Muscle Strength/physiology MH - Muscle Weakness/etiology/*physiopathology MH - Myotonic Dystrophy/complications/*physiopathology MH - Neural Conduction/physiology MH - Phrenic Nerve/*physiopathology MH - Respiratory Function Tests MH - Respiratory Muscles/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology MH - Severity of Illness Index MH - Spirometry MH - Ultrasonography OTO - NOTNLM OT - Diaphragm OT - Diaphragm ultrasound OT - Myotonic dystrophy type 1 OT - Phrenic nerve conduction studies OT - Respiratory muscle weakness EDAT- 2019/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/05 06:00 CRDT- 2019/12/17 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/12/17 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0960-8966(19)31169-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.nmd.2019.10.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuromuscul Disord. 2020 Jan;30(1):17-27. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2019.10.011. Epub 2019 Nov 5.