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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2011 Feb;69(2):328–340. doi: 10.1002/ana.22238

Table 6.

Amplitude-only or Area-only decrements versus Concordant Amplitude-and-Area decrements on the Short Exercise Tests at room temperature, after cooling, and after rewarming.

A. Decrements of >10%

Amplitude decrement >10%
N (%)
Area decrement >10%
N (%)
CAA decrement >10%
N (%)
Asymptomatic Normal Controls (n=32) 10 (31) 13 (41) 4 (13)
Combined Asymptomatic and out-patient
control group (n=65)
20 (31) 34 (52) 9 (14)
Sodium Channel myotonia (n=11) 2 (18) 6 (54) 1 (10)
B. Decrements of >20%

Amplitude decrement >20%
N (%)
Area decrement >20%
N (%)
CAA decrement >20%
N (%)
Asymptomatic Normal Controls (n=32) 6(19) 5 (17) 0
Combined Asymptomatic and out-patient
control group (n=65)
8 (12) 10 (15) 0
Sodium Channel myotonia (n=11) 1 (10) 1 (10) 0

CAA decrement: Concordant amplitude-and-area decrement