title: Physical training in Becker muscular dystrophy associated with heart failure.
abstract: Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) integrates dystrophy occurring due to genetic mutations that express the dystrophin protein in chromosome X. The onset of neuromuscular symptoms usually precedes the impairment of cardiac function, and may conversely happen by heart failure (HF). Physical training is well established in HF, however, when combined with BMD, it is controversial and without any scientific basis. This study presents the case of a patient with BMD associated with HF in cardiac transplant waiting list undergoing a physical training program.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Insuficiência Cardíaca e Transplante, Instituto do Coração, HCFMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jean Marcelo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Roque
authors.forename: Vitor Oliveira
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Lucas Nóbilo
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Pascoalino
authors.forename: Silvia Ayub
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Edimar Alcides
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bocchi
authors.forename: Guilherme Veiga
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Guimarães
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*