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Case Report: Effect of Antigravity Treadmill Training on Muscle Oxidative Capacity, Muscle Endurance, and Walking Function in a Person with Multiple Sclerosis.
International Journal of MS Care 2018 July
Background: Exercise training can improve skeletal muscle metabolism in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, quantification of exercise-mediated improvements in muscle metabolism has been limited, particularly in people with high levels of disability. We evaluated the effect of 9 weeks of antigravity treadmill training on muscle oxidative capacity and muscle endurance and assessed the relationship to walking function in a person with MS.
Methods: One person with MS (Expanded Disability Status Scale score, 6.5) performed treadmill training for 24 minutes approximately twice weekly for 9 weeks (16 sessions) using an antigravity treadmill system. Before and after the intervention phase, we measured muscle oxidative capacity in the medial gastrocnemius using near-infrared spectroscopy after 15 to 20 seconds of electrical stimulation; muscle endurance in the medial gastrocnemius using accelerometer-based mechanomyography during 9 minutes of twitch electrical stimulation in three stages (3 minutes per stage) of increasing frequency (2, 4, and 6 Hz); muscle strength (plantarflexion) using a maximal voluntary contraction; and walking function using the Timed 25-Foot Walk test and the 2-Minute Walk Test.
Results: Muscle oxidative capacity increased from 0.73 min-1 to 1.08 min-1 (48%). Muscle endurance increased from 75.9% to 84.0% at 2 Hz, from 67.8% to 76.2% at 4 Hz, and from 13.5% to 44.7% at 6 Hz. Maximal voluntary contraction decreased by 0.68 kg (15%), Timed 25-Foot Walk test speed decreased by 0.19 ft/s (20%), and 2-Minute Walk Test distance increased by 65 m (212%).
Conclusions: Muscle oxidative capacity and muscle endurance, as well as walking function, improved in a person with MS after training on an antigravity treadmill.
Methods: One person with MS (Expanded Disability Status Scale score, 6.5) performed treadmill training for 24 minutes approximately twice weekly for 9 weeks (16 sessions) using an antigravity treadmill system. Before and after the intervention phase, we measured muscle oxidative capacity in the medial gastrocnemius using near-infrared spectroscopy after 15 to 20 seconds of electrical stimulation; muscle endurance in the medial gastrocnemius using accelerometer-based mechanomyography during 9 minutes of twitch electrical stimulation in three stages (3 minutes per stage) of increasing frequency (2, 4, and 6 Hz); muscle strength (plantarflexion) using a maximal voluntary contraction; and walking function using the Timed 25-Foot Walk test and the 2-Minute Walk Test.
Results: Muscle oxidative capacity increased from 0.73 min-1 to 1.08 min-1 (48%). Muscle endurance increased from 75.9% to 84.0% at 2 Hz, from 67.8% to 76.2% at 4 Hz, and from 13.5% to 44.7% at 6 Hz. Maximal voluntary contraction decreased by 0.68 kg (15%), Timed 25-Foot Walk test speed decreased by 0.19 ft/s (20%), and 2-Minute Walk Test distance increased by 65 m (212%).
Conclusions: Muscle oxidative capacity and muscle endurance, as well as walking function, improved in a person with MS after training on an antigravity treadmill.
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