Exercise training in mitochondrial myopathy: a randomized controlled trial |
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Authors: | Cejudo Pilar Bautista Juan Montemayor Teodoro Villagómez Rafael Jiménez Luis Ortega Francisco Campos Yolanda Sánchez Hildegard Arenas Joaquín |
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Institution: | Chest Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, 41013 Seville, Spain. pilarcejudo@terra.es |
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Abstract: | Patients with mitochondrial myopathies (MM) usually suffer from exercise intolerance due to their impaired oxidative capacity and physical deconditioning. We evaluated the effects of a 12-week supervised randomized rehabilitation program involving endurance training in patients with MM. Twenty MM patients were assigned to a training or control group. For three nonconsecutive days each week, patients combined cycle exercise at 70% of their peak work rate with three upper-body weight-lifting exercises performed at 50% of maximum capacity. Training increased maximal oxygen uptake (28.5%), work output (15.5%), and minute ventilation (40%), endurance performance (62%), walking distance in shuttle walking test (+95 m), and peripheral muscle strength (32%-62%), and improved Nottingham Health Profile scores (21.47%) and clinical symptoms. Control MM patients did not change from baseline. Results show that our exercise program is an adequate training strategy for patients with mitochondrial myopathy. |
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Keywords: | endurance training mitochondrial myopathy randomized controlled trial rehabilitation strength training |
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