From Reuters.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys with hemophilia have a lower aerobic capacity than their healthy peers, according to study findings published the Journal of Pediatrics. However, the overall muscle strength of these children is comparable to that seen in the normal population.
None of the participants experienced joint or muscle bleeds or other adverse events because of participation in the study and all of them were able to perform at maximal or near-maximal levels on exercise tests.
Compared with their healthy counterparts though, the peak oxygen capacity, heart rate, and work capacity were significantly lower among the boys with hemophilia.
However, total muscle strength was normal in the patients compared with the healthy controls, and almost no joint impairment or decrease in functional ability was found.
Thanks to prophylaxis our boys can do most of the activities other boys do and it's good to see there were no joint or muscle bleeds.
The study shows that boys with hemophilia have lower aerobic capacity but doesn't explain why. Is there still a predisposition to a more sedentary lifestyle? Do they 'get away' with being less active because of hemophilia? Or is a lower aerobic capacity a by-product of hemophilia?
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intriguing. Can't be blood loss - kinds on prophy just wouldn't have enough. So then what? I'm fascinated.
And missing the point. Whatever this is, it doesn't slow the Eldest down one widget.
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