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Exercise and training in mitochondrial myopathies.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise - 1 Dec 2005
Taivassalo Tanja, Haller Ronald G
Abstract excerpt
The intriguing concept of exercise training as therapy for mitochondrial disease is currently unsettled: in the unique setting of mitochondrial heteroplasmy, what are the effects of chronic exercise on skeletal muscle containing a mixture of mutated and wild-type mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)? Furthermore, what are the consequences of habitual physical inactivity on mitochondrial heteroplasmy? In patients with mtDNA...
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