Endocrine Abstracts

With treatment of endocrine myopathies increased proximal muscle strength is generally attributed to increased bulk. However in hypothyroid myopathy individuals have been shown to increase strength despite reduction in bulk.We studied 25 hyperthyroid and 27 hypothyroid randomly selected patients, measuring body weight, quadriceps and deltoid force using strain gauge techniques or with a myometer. Cross sectional area (CSA) of the quadriceps and Right de...