Side-Alternating Vibration Training Improves Muscle Performance in a Patient with Late-Onset Pompe Disease

  • Khan A
  • Ramage B
  • Robu I
  • et al.
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Abstract

Side-alternating vibration training (SAVT) was used for 15 weeks in a patient with Late-onset Pompe disease who had never used enzyme replacement or chaperone therapy. Prior to the use of SAVT, the patient had experienced declining muscle performance and her 6-minute walk distance decreased from 210 to 155 metres in 6 months. After SAVT, her 6-minute walk distance increased 70% from 166 to 282 metres, muscle jumping power increased by 64% from 83 to 166 watts, isometric knee extensor strength increased 17% from 38 to 44 Nm, and she achieved a more normal pattern of ankle, knee, and joint kinematics and kinetics. Her functional ability measured through the Rotterdam 9-item score was unchanged at 19/36. There were no elevations in serum creatine kinase or lactate. This is the first report, to our knowledge, of a performance improvement in a patient with Pompe disease using SAVT.

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Khan, A., Ramage, B., Robu, I., & Benard, L. (2009). Side-Alternating Vibration Training Improves Muscle Performance in a Patient with Late-Onset Pompe Disease. Case Reports in Medicine, 2009, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/741087

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