Biochemistry of Muscular Contraction

Sarcoplasmic glycolysis and especially sarcosomal oxidative phosphorylation, not only of the products of glycolysis but also of free fatty 

In muscular dystrophy profound alterations of these normal processes occur, with consequent changes in the composition of the body fluids, many of which are now partially understood and are predictable. Their measurement gives very valuable information in support of diagnosis and in the further elucidation of the disease process. 

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D. M. Needham, Machina Carnis the Biochemistry of Muscular Contraction in its Historical Development, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1971. 

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