Muscle Fiber Conduction Slowing and Decreased Levels of Circulating Muscle Proteins after Short-Term Dexamethasone Administration in Healthy Subjects

Abstract

The demonstration that glucocorticoid-induced muscle impairments can be unraveled by means of blood sampling and noninvasive electrophysiological tests has clinical implications for the early identification of subclinical or preclinical forms of myopathy in treated patients.