Strength training and aerobic exercise training for muscle disease.

CONCLUSIONS: The evidence regarding strength training and aerobic exercise interventions remains uncertain. Evidence suggests that strength training alone may have little or no effect, and that aerobic exercise training alone may lead to a possible improvement in aerobic capacity, but only for participants with FSHD. For combined aerobic exercise and strength training, there may be slight increases in muscle strength and aerobic capacity for people with dermatomyositis and polymyositis, and a slight decrease in aerobic capacity and increase in muscle strength for people with juvenile dermatomyositis. More research with robust methodology and greater numbers of participants is still required.
PMID: 31808555 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Voet NB, van der Kooi EL, van Engelen BG, Geurts AC Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research