Physical activity practiced at a young age is associated with a less severe subsequent clinical presentation in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

FSHD Health promotion Neuromuscular diseases Physical activity Rare disease Sport medicine

Journal

BMC musculoskeletal disorders
ISSN: 1471-2474
Titre abrégé: BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968565

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 15 05 2023
accepted: 22 12 2023
medline: 6 1 2024
pubmed: 6 1 2024
entrez: 5 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

In facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), it is not known whether physical activity (PA) practiced at young age is associated with the clinical presentation of disease. To assess this issue, we performed a retrospective cohort study concerning the previous practice of sports and, among them, those with medium-high cardiovascular commitment in clinically categorized carriers of a D4Z4 reduced allele (DRA). People aged between 18 and 60 were recruited as being DRA carriers. Subcategory (classical phenotype, A; incomplete phenotype, B; asymptomatic carriers, C; complex phenotype, D) and FSHD score, which measures muscle functional impairment, were assessed for all participants. Information on PAs was retrieved by using an online survey dealing with the practice of sports at a young age. 368 participants were included in the study, average age 36.6 years (SD = 9.4), 47.6% male. The FSHD subcategory A was observed in 157 (42.7%) participants with average (± SD) FSHD score of 5.8 ± 3.0; the incomplete phenotype (category B) in 46 (12.5%) participants (average score 2.2 ± 1.7) and the D phenotype in 61 (16.6%, average score 6.5 ± 3.8). Asymptomatic carriers were 104 (subcategory C, 28.3%, score 0.0 ± 0.2). Time from symptoms onset was higher for patients with A (15.8 ± 11.1 years) and D phenotype (13.3 ± 11.9) than for patients with B phenotype (7.3 ± 9.0). The practice of sports was associated with lower FSHD score (-17%) in participants with A phenotype (MR = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.73-0.95, p = 0.007) and by 33% in participants with D phenotype (MR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.51-0.89, p = 0.006). Conversely, no improvement was observed in participants with incomplete phenotype with mild severity (B). PAs at a young age are associated with a lower clinical score in the adult A and D FSHD subcategories. These results corroborate the need to consider PAs at the young age as a fundamental indicator for the correct clinical stratification of the disease and its possible evolution.

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BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
In facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), it is not known whether physical activity (PA) practiced at young age is associated with the clinical presentation of disease. To assess this issue, we performed a retrospective cohort study concerning the previous practice of sports and, among them, those with medium-high cardiovascular commitment in clinically categorized carriers of a D4Z4 reduced allele (DRA).
METHODS METHODS
People aged between 18 and 60 were recruited as being DRA carriers. Subcategory (classical phenotype, A; incomplete phenotype, B; asymptomatic carriers, C; complex phenotype, D) and FSHD score, which measures muscle functional impairment, were assessed for all participants. Information on PAs was retrieved by using an online survey dealing with the practice of sports at a young age.
RESULTS RESULTS
368 participants were included in the study, average age 36.6 years (SD = 9.4), 47.6% male. The FSHD subcategory A was observed in 157 (42.7%) participants with average (± SD) FSHD score of 5.8 ± 3.0; the incomplete phenotype (category B) in 46 (12.5%) participants (average score 2.2 ± 1.7) and the D phenotype in 61 (16.6%, average score 6.5 ± 3.8). Asymptomatic carriers were 104 (subcategory C, 28.3%, score 0.0 ± 0.2). Time from symptoms onset was higher for patients with A (15.8 ± 11.1 years) and D phenotype (13.3 ± 11.9) than for patients with B phenotype (7.3 ± 9.0). The practice of sports was associated with lower FSHD score (-17%) in participants with A phenotype (MR = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.73-0.95, p = 0.007) and by 33% in participants with D phenotype (MR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.51-0.89, p = 0.006). Conversely, no improvement was observed in participants with incomplete phenotype with mild severity (B).
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
PAs at a young age are associated with a lower clinical score in the adult A and D FSHD subcategories. These results corroborate the need to consider PAs at the young age as a fundamental indicator for the correct clinical stratification of the disease and its possible evolution.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38183077
doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-07150-x
pii: 10.1186/s12891-023-07150-x
doi:

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Journal Article

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eng

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Organisme : Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
ID : POR/FSE 2014/2020

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Auteurs

Cinzia Bettio (C)

Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 287, Modena, 41125, Italy.

Federico Banchelli (F)

Unit of Statistical and Methodological Support to Clinical Research, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Modena, Italy.

Valentina Salsi (V)

Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

Roberto Vicini (R)

Unit of Statistical and Methodological Support to Clinical Research, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Modena, Italy.

Oscar Crisafulli (O)

Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale nelle Attività Motorie e Sportive (CRIAMS)-Sport Medicine Centre, University of Pavia, Voghera, Italy.

Lucia Ruggiero (L)

Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy.

Giulia Ricci (G)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Clinic, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Elisabetta Bucci (E)

Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, S. Andrea Hospital, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

Corrado Angelini (C)

IRCCS Fondazione San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy.

Angela Berardinelli (A)

Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS "C. Mondino" Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

Silvia Bonanno (S)

Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.

Maria Grazia D'Angelo (MG)

NeuroMuscular Unit, Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Bosisio Parini (Lecco), Italy.

Antonio Di Muzio (A)

Center for Neuromuscular Disease, CeSI, University "G. D'Annunzio", Chieti, Italy.

Massimiliano Filosto (M)

Neurology Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

Erica Frezza (E)

Unit Malattie Neuromuscolari, Policlinico e Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.

Lorenzo Maggi (L)

Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.

Tiziana Mongini (T)

Department of Neurosciences "Rita Levi Montalcini", Center for Neuromuscular Diseases, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

Elena Pegoraro (E)

Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Carmelo Rodolico (C)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

Marina Scarlato (M)

INSPE and Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Gaetano Vattemi (G)

Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Daniele Velardo (D)

Neurology Unit, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.

Giuliano Tomelleri (G)

Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 287, Modena, 41125, Italy.

Roberto D'Amico (R)

Unit of Statistical and Methodological Support to Clinical Research, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Modena, Italy.
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

Giuseppe D'Antona (G)

Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale nelle Attività Motorie e Sportive (CRIAMS)-Sport Medicine Centre, University of Pavia, Voghera, Italy.
Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

Rossella Tupler (R)

Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 287, Modena, 41125, Italy. rossella.tupler@unimore.it.
Department of Molecular Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA. rossella.tupler@unimore.it.
Li Weibo Institute for Rare Diseases Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA. rossella.tupler@unimore.it.

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