Exercise in Myositis

Eosinophilic myositis Associated with Sarcocystis in Sheep

Improvement in aerobic capacity after an exercise program in sporadic inclusion body myositis.

OBJECTIVES The study aimed to investigate the effects of a combined functional and aerobic exercise program on aerobic capacity, muscle strength, and functional mobility in a group of patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM). METHODS Aerobic capacity, muscle strength, and functional capacity assessments were conducted on 7 participants with sporadic IBM before and after a 12-week ...

A longitudinal, integrated, clinical, histological and mRNA profiling study of resistance exercise in myositis.

Polymyositis and dermatomyositis are orphan, chronic skeletal muscle disorders characterized by weakness, infiltrations by mononuclear inflammatory cells, and fibrosis. Until recently, patients were advised to refrain from physical activity because of fears of exacerbation of muscle inflammation. However, recent studies have shown that moderate exercise training in combination with immunosuppre...

Effect of endurance exercise on microRNAs in myositis skeletal muscle—A randomized controlled study

OBJECTIVE To identify changes in skeletal muscle microRNA expression after endurance exercise and associate the identified microRNAs with mRNA and protein expression to disease-specific pathways in polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) patients. METHODS Following a parallel clinical trial design, patients with probable PM or DM, exercising less than once a week, and on stable medication ...

Viral myositis in children.

Question I recently evaluated a child in my clinic after an emergency department visit where she presented having woken up that morning refusing to walk and was crawling around the house. The parents reported she was getting over a cold, and I recall similar cases of myositis during the H1N1 influenza epidemic a few years ago. What are the key features of myositis that I should recognize? Which...