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Physical Exercise as a possible Therapy for CMT1X

Physical Exercise as a possible Therapy for CMT1X

The results of a TIN-sponsored study to determine the effects of exercise on the progression of CMT1X, using a mouse model of CMT1X, have now been published on-line in Experimental Neurology. The article, entitled Physical exercise mitigates neuropathic changes in an animal model for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1X, describes the results of a study performed by the Martini Laboratory at the University of Würzburg (Germany). They examined different regimes of repeated running exercise for the ability to improve measures used as clinical outcomes in CMT patients, most notably effects on mobility, balance and pathology (progressive nerve damage).

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