Poor muscle strength and function in physically inactive childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus despite very mild disease

Conclusion Physically inactive C-SLE patients with very mild disease showed reduced muscle strength and functionality when compared with healthy controls matched by physical activity levels. These findings suggest C-SLE patients may greatly suffer from a physically inactive lifestyle than healthy controls do. Moreover, some sub-clinical “residual” effect of the disease or its pharmacological treatment seems to affect C-SLE patients even with a well-controlled disease.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia - August 8, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research