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Liver transplantation is nowadays the only effective answer to adjourn the outcome of functional limitations associated with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by sensory and motor polyneuropathies. Nevertheless, there is a detrimental impact associated with the after-surgery period on the fragile physical condition of these patients. Exercise training has been proven to be effective on reconditioning patients after transplantation. However, the effects of exercise training in liver transplanted FAP patients have not been scrutinized yet.
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Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Transplantation Liver Amyloid neuropathies, familial/physiopathology Amyloid neuropathies, familial/surgery Exercise therapy/adverse effects Exercise tolerance Liver transplantation/adverse effects Muscle strength Walking Portugal
Citation
Tomás MT, Santa-Clara H, Bruno PM, Monteiro E, Carrolo M, Barroso E, et al. The impact of exercise training on liver transplanted familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) patients. Transplantation. 2013;95(2):372-7.