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| Exercise purpose |
Examples |
Notes |
| improve endurance and conditioning |
walking, running, swimming, cycling
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• recommended for most people with neuromuscular diseases who choose to adopt an exercise regimen, with intensity and duration depending on ability and cardiac function
• walking or running downhill not recommended
• not to be done to exhaustion |
| build strength and muscle mass |
weight lifting, working against resistance with equipment such as stretchable bands |
• lifting light weights and working against light resistance are usually OK for most people with neuromuscular disease, unless in acute phase of an inflammatory muscle disease; stop at pain and before exhaustion |
| increase agility, coordination and balance |
wheelchair sports, some video games, balance ball, horseback riding |
• OK for most people with neuromuscular disease |
| maintain or increase flexibility |
active or passive range-of-motion exercises; gentle stretching |
• OK for most people with neuromuscular disease
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