clinical features
Last reviewed 01/2018
- characterized clinically by recurrent and reversible exercise-induced
symptoms of exercise intolerance including ready fatigue, myalgia, cramps, weakness,
second wind phenomenon*, myoglobinuria, and hyper CKaemia
- pain is experienced in everday activities such as chewing, writing, gripping and personal and household chores
- symptoms are experienced from childhood
- usually, these symptoms develop in association with intense or sustained exercise
- however later in life progressive (fixed) muscle weakness may occur
* a ‘second wind’ is usually experienced after 8-12 minutes of gentle aerobic exercise, when free fatty acids and bloodbourne glucose substitute for muscle glycogen and exercise tolerance is increased.