Exercise capacity in a 78 year old patient with McArdle's disease: It is never too late to start exercising

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 725-726

  Perez, M ^a   Martin, M A ^b   Rubio, J C ^b   Mate Munoz J L ^a   Gomez Gallego F ^a   Foster, C ^c   Andreu, A L ^d   Arenas, J ^b   Lucia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; SUCROSE; TROPONIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAS EXCHANGE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 5; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE INJURY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SUGAR INTAKE; WORKLOAD;

AGED; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE V; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUCROSE;

EID: 33746865562     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.026666     Document Type: Article

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