Characteristics of respiratory muscle involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 1.

Neuromuscul Disord

Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, Institute for Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: January 2020

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 cmHO, 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 cmHO) 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.

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