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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Muscle Nerve. 2012 Oct;46(4):482–489. doi: 10.1002/mus.23402

Table 2.

90% to 5% relaxation times (seconds) for different genetic mutations compared to historical normative data.

Handgrip 1 Handgrip 6 Handgrip 1 – Handgrip 6
Category N Mean (SD) >Upper No. (%) Mean (SD) >Upper No. (%) Mean (SD) Min Max >Upper No. (%) <Lower No. (%)
Normal * 17 0.37 (0.10) - 0.43 (0.27) - −0.06 (0.20) −0.70 0.15 - -
Chloride 30 1.74 (1.95) 20(67) 0.79 (0.64) 9 (30) 0.95 (1.68) −0.53 6.35 13(43) 1 (3)
 Recessive 10 2.08 (2.20) 7(70) 0.69 (0.56) 3 (30) 1.38 (2.02) −0.06 6.35 5 (50) 0 (0)
 Dominant 11 1.50 (2.33) 5 (45) 0.65 (0.67) 2 (18) 0.85 (1.78) −0.29 5.20 3 (27) 0 (0)
 Unknown § 9 1.66 (1.15) 8 (89) 1.06 (0.65) 4 (44) 0.60 (1.14) −0.53 3.34 5 (56) 1 (11)
Sodium 31 0.77 (0.80) 12 (39) 1.13 (1.59) 8 (26) −0.37 (1.15) −4.07 1.41 3 (10) 7 (23)
 T1313M 11 1.20 (1.10) 6 (55) 2.35 (2.20) 6 (55) −1.22 (1.52) −4.07 0.06 0 (0) 5 (45)
 R1448H 5 0.30 (0.08) 0 (0) 0.47 (0.24) 0 (0) −0.11 (0.27) −0.52 0.12 0 (0) 1 (20)
 G1306A 5 0.52 (0.23) 2 (40) 0.47 (0.32) 1 (20) 0.04 (0.36) −0.53 0.43 1 (20) 1 (20)
 M1592V 2 0.20 (0.09) 0 (0) 0.26 (0.12) 0 (0) −0.06 (0.03) −0.08 −0.04 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Other|| 8 0.77 (0.62) 4 (50) 0.48 (0.37) 1 (13) 0.30 (0.65) −0.31 1.41 2 (25) 0 (0)
DM2 6 0.41 (0.25) 2 (33) 0.27 (0.11) 0 (0) 0.14 (0.24) −0.06 0.60 1 (17) 0 (0)
No Identified Mutation 24 1.11 (1.64) 9 (38) 0.74 (0.89) 3 (13) 0.38 (1.65) −1.44 7.11 5 (21) 2 (8)

N=number, SD = standard deviation, Min = minimum, Max = maximum, Upper = the 95% distribution upper bound, Lower = the 95% distribution lower bound.

*

Normal values were published in Logigian, E. L., C. L. Blood, et al. (2005). “Quantitative analysis of the “warm-up” phenomenon in myotonic dystrophy type 1.” Muscle Nerve 32(1): 35–42.

Recessive chloride channel mutations include: R105C+F167L+E624fs, c. 180+3A>T (+) 2434C>T p. ? (+) Gln812X, c. 180+3A>T (+) 568G>A p.? (+) Gly190Arg, E624fs, G285E, R894X.

Dominant chloride channel mutations include: A313T, G230E, F306L, R894X.

§

Inheritence unknown chloride channel mutations: R894X, c. 180+3A>T (+) 1283>C p. ? (+) F428S, V236L, G190R, F484L, F413C, I556N, M560T.

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Other sodium channel mutations include: S804F, S1434P, L128P, V1293I, V1589M.