Reviews
Exercise recommendations for patients with myositis: a narrative review of safety and efficacy
N. Varone1, J. Hinojosa2, D. Nandakumar3, N. Modi4, A.R. Bhashyam5, S.F. Bhai6
- School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, USA. nvarone@twu.edu
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.
- College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
- Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, TX; Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX; and Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
CER17432
2024 Vol.42, N°2
PI 0436, PF 0444
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PMID: 38436327 [PubMed]
Received: 29/12/2023
Accepted : 15/02/2024
In Press: 20/02/2024
Published: 14/03/2024
Abstract
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are marked by progressive muscle weakness and lasting disability. Therapies targeting patient well-being include the use of prescription drugs as well as exercise. Maintaining or increasing muscular strength and endurance as well as cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) improves quality of life (QoL) as well as functional status in IIM patients. This narrative review highlights exercise interventions in patients of different IIM subtypes with the intent to provide a summary table with exercise recommendations that will safely and effectively improve QoL in myositis patients.
