Endurance training: an effective and safe treatment for patients with LGMD2I

Neurology. 2007 Jan 2;68(1):59-61. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000250358.32199.24.

Abstract

We studied the effect of aerobic training on conditioning in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I (LGMD2I). Nine patients with LGMD2I cycled fifty 30-minute sessions at 65% of their maximal oxygen uptake over 12 weeks. Training significantly improved work capacity, paralleled by self-reported improvements. Creatine kinase levels did not increase significantly, and muscle morphology was unaffected. Moderate-intensity endurance training is a safe method to increase exercise performance and daily function in patients with LGMD2I.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Exercise / physiology*
  • Exercise Therapy / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiology
  • Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle / pathology
  • Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle / therapy*
  • Physical Endurance / physiology*