@article {Perez725, author = {M Perez and M A Martin and J C Rubio and J L Mat{\'e}-Mu{\~n}oz and F G{\'o}mez-Gallego and C Foster and A L Andreu and J Arenas and A Lucia}, title = {Exercise capacity in a 78 year old patient with McArdle{\textquoteright}s disease: it is never too late to start exercising}, volume = {40}, number = {8}, pages = {725--726}, year = {2006}, doi = {10.1136/bjsm.2006.026666}, publisher = {British Association of Sport and Excercise Medicine}, abstract = {The case is reported of a 78 year old man with McArdle{\textquoteright}s disease and a history of treated coronary heart disease. Despite the pre-exercise administration of sucrose allowing the patient to exercise with normal physiological responses, and without typical McArdle{\textquoteright}s symptoms or biochemical evidence of muscle damage, his exercise capacity was very low (V̇o2peak =  10.7 ml/min/kg), probably attributable to his lifetime of sedentary living. The data suggest that, with pre-exercise sucrose administration, such patients may be candidates for systematic reconditioning, which may improve functional capacity and quality of life.}, issn = {0306-3674}, URL = {https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/8/725}, eprint = {https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/8/725.full.pdf}, journal = {British Journal of Sports Medicine} }