A pilot study to determine whether differences exist in histochemical properties between the trapezius and extensor carpi radialis brevis muscles in women with work-related myalgia

作者：Green Howard J^*; Ranney Don; Burnett Margaret; Galvin Patti; Kyle Natasha; Iqbal Sobia; Loun**ury David; Ouyang Jing; Smith Ian C; Stewart Riley; Tick Heather; Tupling A Russell

来源：Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2014, 92(4): 315-323.

DOI：10.1139/cjpp-2013-0301

• work-related myalgia
• trapezius
• extensor carpi radialis brevis
• fibre types and subtypes
• cross sectional area
• capillarization
• oxidative potential

To investigate fibre-type abnormalities in women with work-related myalgia (WRM), tissue samples were extracted from their trapezius (TRAP) and the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) muscles and compared with healthy controls (CON). For the ECRB samples (CON, n = 6; WRM, n = 11), no differences (P > 0.05) were found between groups for any of the properties examined, namely fibre-type (I, IIA, IIX, IIAX) distribution, cross-sectional fibre area, capillary counts (CC), capillary to fibre area ratio, and succinic dehydrogenase activity. For the TRAP samples (CON, n = 6; WRM, n = 8), the only difference (P < 0.05) observed between groups was for CC (CON > WRM), which was not statistically significant (P > 0.05) when age was used a covariant. A comparison of the properties of these 2 muscles in the CON group indicated a higher (P < 0.05) and lower (P < 0.05) percentage of type I and type IIA fibres, respectively, in the TRAP as well as higher (P < 0.05) CC, which was not specific to fibre type. These preliminary results suggest that the properties employed to characterize fibre types do not differentiate CON from WRM for either the TRAP or ECRB. As a consequence, the role of inherent fibre-type differences between these muscles in the pathogenesis of WRM remains uncertain.

• 出版日期2014-4