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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">global-journal-of-medical-research-k-interdisciplinary</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Global Journal of Medical Research - K: Interdisciplinary</journal-title>
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<issn publication-format="print">0975-5888</issn>
<issn publication-format="electronic">2249-4618</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-title>Type 2 Muscle Fiber Predominance: A Case Report</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alekseyev</surname><given-names>Kirill</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1" />
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<aff id="aff1">UNITED STATES</aff>
<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2016-01-15">
<day>15</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2016</year>
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<volume>16</volume>
<issue>K6</issue>
<fpage>7</fpage>
<lpage>9</lpage>
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<kwd>proximal muscle weakness</kwd>
<kwd>exertional myalgia</kwd>
<kwd>type 2 muscle fiber predominance</kwd>
<kwd>rehabilitation</kwd>
<kwd>dysphagia.</kwd>
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<p>Skeletal muscles are a heterogeneous group of tissues categorized into different fiber types.1 These fibers are divided into slow-twitch type 1 and fast-twitch type 2 fibers, which are identified by their expression of specific myosin heavy chain isoforms.5,7,9 The predominance of type 2 muscle fibers has been observed in various diseases involving skeletal muscle such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, hyperthyro-idism, and type 2 muscle fiber predominance.2,4 Type 2 muscle fiber predominance is a rare muscular disease whose primary manifestations include proximal muscle weakness, exertional myalgia, fasciculations, and episodes of prolonged painful muscle cramping.3,4 These symptoms eventually led our patient to be wheel-chair bound with subsequent disuse muscle atrophy. In this case we describe a patient with type 2 muscle fiber predominance, the progression of his disease, and his experience in our inpatient rehabilitation facility.</p>
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