title: Rehabilitation management of neuromuscular disease: the role of exercise training.
abstract: This paper summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding exercise and neuromuscular diseases/disorders (NMDs) and reviews salient studies in the literature. Unfortunately, there is inadequate evidence in much of the NMDs to make specific recommendations regarding exercise prescriptions. This review focuses on the role of exercise in a few of the specific NMDs where most research has taken place and recommends future research directions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
authors.forename: R Ted
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Abresch
authors.forename: Jay J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Gregory T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000503:physiopathology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment