title: Electrical impedance myography in the bedside assessment of inflammatory myopathy.
abstract: Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is a new technique with potential for the noninvasive bedside assessment of myopathy. EIM was performed on the quadriceps of 10 patients with inflammatory myopathy and 10 normal subjects. The major EIM parameter, the spatially averaged phase, was 35% lower in the myositis patients and correlated with whole-body (r = 0.765, p = 0.01) and quadriceps (r = 0.673, p = 0.03) strength.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarulli
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Esper
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aaron
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Shiffman
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Rutkove
mesh_terms: D017097:Electric Impedance; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D004568:Electrodiagnosis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009213:Myography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000503:physiopathology