Long-Term Benefits of Tailored Exercise in Severe Sarcoidosis: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT: We studied the effects of a supervised, structured exercise program in a severe sarcoidosis patient. After being clinically stable for two years, a 52-year-old woman (stage IV, American Thoracic Society) who originally had irreversible lung fibrosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), mild mitral insufficiency, and atrial dilatation, and was candidate for lung transplant, performed a combined high-intensity interval, high load resistance, and inspiratory muscle training for 4.5 years, and was tested (cardiopulmonary exercise testing and dual X-ray absorptiometry) every six months. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and maximal pulmonary ventilation increased by 44% and 60%, respectively. Ventilatory efficiency also improved (decrease in the ventilatory equivalent for oxygen by 32% and 14%

SUBMITTER: Herrera-Olivares AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7766182 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature