TY - JOUR 
A1 - Pérez Ruiz, Margarita
AU - Morán, María
AU - Cardona González, Claudia Andrea
AU - Maté-Muñoz, José Luis
AU - Rubio, Juan Carlos
AU - Andreu, Antoni L.
AU - Martín, Miguel Ángel
AU - Arenas, Joaquín
AU - Lucía Mulas, Alejandro
T1 - Can patients with McArdle’s disease run?
Y1 - 2007
SN - 03063674

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/5465
AB - Patients with McArdle's disease commonly adopt a sedentary lifestyle. This sedentary behaviour, however, usually worsens the limited exercise capacity of these patients. Although eccentric muscle work can be associated with rhabdomyolysis, supervised eccentric training with gradually increasing loads has important advantages compared with conventional concentric work, particularly for patients with a poor cardiorespiratory system. We report the beneficial effects (particularly, increased VO↓2peak (from 14.6 to 30.8 ml/kg/min) and increased gross muscle efficiency (from 13.8% to 17.2%)) induced by a supervised aerobic training programme of 7 months duration including 3–4 running sessions (⩽60 min/session) per week in a 38‐year‐old patient. These preliminary data suggest the potential therapeutic value of this type of exercise in these patients.
KW - Enfermedades-McArdle
KW - Condición física-Ejercicios
KW - Metabolismo
KW - Deporte
LA - eng
ER -