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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2020

Exercise-Related Oxidative Stress as Mechanism to Fight Physical Dysfunction in Neuromuscular Disorders.

Gabriele Siciliano, Lucia Chico, Annalisa Lo Gerfo, Costanza Simoncini, Erika Schirinzi, Giulia Ricci

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gabriele SicilianoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Clinic, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Lucia ChicoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Clinic, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Annalisa Lo GerfoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Clinic, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Costanza SimonciniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Clinic, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Erika SchirinziDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Clinic, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Giulia RicciDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Clinic, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
University of Pisa · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) are a group of often severely disabling disorders characterized by dysfunction in one of the main constituents of the motor unit, the cardinal anatomic-functional structure behind force and movement production. Irrespective of the different pathogenic mechanisms specifically underlying these disease conditions genetically determined or acquired, and the related molecular pathways involved in doing that, oxidative stress has often been shown to play a relevant role within the chain of events that induce or at least modulate the clinical manifestations of these disorders. Due to such a putative relevance of the imbalance of redox status occurring in contractile machinery and/or its neural drive in NMDs, physical exercise appears as one of the most important conditions able to positively interfere along an ideal axis, going from a deranged metabolic cell homeostasis in motor unit components to the reduced motor performance profile exhibited by the patient in everyday life. If so, it comes out that it would be important to identify a proper training program, suitable for load and type of exercise that is able to improve motor performance in adaptation and response to such a homeostatic imbalance. This review therefore analyzes the role of different exercise trainings on oxidative stress mechanisms, both in healthy and in NMDs, also including preclinical studies, to elucidate at which extent these can be useful to counteract muscle impairment associated to the disease, with the final aim of improving physical functions and quality of life of NMD patients.

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aerobic and anaerobic exerciseneuromuscular diseasesoxidative stressphysical exercise trainingquality of life

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PMID32508674
PMCPMC7251329
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