ArticleJournal of neurology2021
Significant reduction of physical activity in patients with neuromuscular disease during COVID-19 pandemic: the long-term consequences of quarantine.
Article in Journal of neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05072288 (A Remote Physical Activity Program Via the PACE Tool to Counter the Physical Impairments, Accentuated by the Pandemic, in the Population Suffering from Type 1 Myotonic Dystrophy), which is not on this map. Cited by 55 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Remote Physical Activity Program Via the PACE Tool to Counter the Physical Impairments, Accentuated by the Pandemic, in the Population Suffering from Type 1 Myotonic Dystrophy
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.
- Telecoaching: a potential new training model for Charcot-Marie-Tooth patients: a systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Physical Activity during COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviours from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: a systematic review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy of Combined Aerobic Exercise and Coaching on Physical Fitness in People With Neuromuscular Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Neurology · 2025Trial
- Perceived barriers to and facilitators of behavioural change towards a more active lifestyle in people with neuromuscular diseases: a qualitative study.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Trial
- Physical Exercise in Myasthenia Gravis: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Telecoaching and Migraine: Digital Approach to Physical Activity in Migraine Management. A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Use of wearables to measure the effects of long COVID on activities of daily living and their relationship to perceived exertion, occupational performance, and quality of life.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- Efficacy of ephedrine treatment in COLQ-related Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (CMS): longitudinal quantitative assessment in a 71-year-old man.Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology · 2024Article
- Living with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy during the first two COVID-19 outbreaks: a repeated patient survey in the Netherlands.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2024Article
- Physical Activity in Patients with Neuromuscular Disease Three Years after COVID-19, a Longitudinal Survey: The After-Effects of the Quarantine and the Benefits of a Return to a Healthier Life-Style.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Adults living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: old and new challenges in a cohort of 19 patients in their third to fifth decade.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Reduced physical activity level was associated with poorer quality of life during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a sub-study of the last-long trial.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- "Stay at Home" during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in an Italian Academic Community.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Potential of Exerkines in Women's COVID-19: A New Idea for a Better and More Accurate Understanding of the Mechanisms behind Physical Exercise.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Adherence and Reactogenicity to Vaccines against SARS-COV-2 in 285 Patients with Neuropathy: A Multicentric Study.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Current care practices for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in China.Brain & development · 2022Article
- Review
- Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on physical activity of individuals with a spinal cord injury in Belgium: Observational study.Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2022Observational
- Neuromuscular diseases and social distance resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundQuarantine was the measure taken by governments to control the rapid spread of COVID-19. This restriction resulted in a sudden change in people's lifestyle, leading to an increase in sedentary behavior and a related decrease in the practice of physical activity (PA). However, in neuromuscular diseases patients need to perform regular PA to counteract the negative consequences of the disease. Hence, the aim of this study was to estimate the levels of PA, measured as energy expenditure (MET-minute/week), among patients with neuromuscular disease (NMD) before and during the last week of quarantine.
methodsA total of 268 Italian subjects, living in Sicily, completed an adapted version of the IPAQ-SF. Participants comprised 149 NMD, enrolled at the Neuromuscular Clinic of Palermo and 119 healthy subjects (control group). The SF-12 questionnaire was also administered to NMD. The Mann-Whitney U and the Kruskal-Wallis rank-sum tests were used for statistical analyses.
resultsWe observed a significant decrease of the total weekly PA level during COVID-19 quarantine in both patients and controls. Moreover, a significant difference in the total weekly PA level was found depending on the presence of neuromuscular disease, impaired walking, gender and BMI. Finally, we found a correlation between SF-12 scores and the entity of the reduction of PA level during quarantine, thus confirming a relevant association with the quality of life in NMD.
conclusionOur study confirmed that COVID-19 quarantine has affected the practice of PA among both NMD and healthy controls.
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