PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M Perez
AU  - M A Martin
AU  - J C Rubio
AU  - J L Maté-Muñoz
AU  - F Gómez-Gallego
AU  - C Foster
AU  - A L Andreu
AU  - J Arenas
AU  - A Lucia
TI  - Exercise capacity in a 78 year old patient with McArdle’s disease: it is never too late to start exercising
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.2006.026666
DP  - 2006 Aug 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 725--726
VI  - 40
IP  - 8
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/8/725.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/40/8/725.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med2006 Aug 01; 40
AB  - The case is reported of a 78 year old man with McArdle’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’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.