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To explain this phenomenon, this study investigated whether muscle fibre type is shifted towards a predominance in type I fibres as a consequence of the disease. Muscle biopsies from the Biceps brachii (BB) (n\u200a=\u200a9) or Vastus lateralis (VL) (n\u200a=\u200a8) were collected over a 13-year period from male and female patients diagnosed with McArdle disease, analysed for myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform content using SDS-PAGE, and compared to healthy controls (BB: n\u200a=\u200a3; VL: n\u200a=\u200a10). All three isoforms were expressed and no difference in isoform expression in VL was found between the McArdle patients and healthy controls (MHC I: 33\u00b119% vs. 43\u00b17%; MHC IIa: 52\u00b19% vs. 40\u00b17%; MHC IIx: 15\u00b118% vs. 17\u00b19%). Similarly, the BB isoform content was also not different between the two groups (MHC I: 33\u00b114% vs. 30\u00b111%; MHC IIa: 46\u00b117% vs. 39\u00b15%; MHC IIx: 21\u00b113% vs. 31\u00b114%). In conclusion, fibre type distribution does not seem to explain the higher surface EMG in McArdle patients. 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