Table 2 Effects of a 16-week exercise program on clinical and laboratorial parameters related to inflammation, muscle damage, pain, disease activity, and quality of life in a 7-year-old patient with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and in her unaffected monozygotic twin sister.
From: Responsiveness to exercise training in juvenile dermatomyositis: a twin case study
Healthy twin | JDM twin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Pre | Post | Pre | Post |
CMAS | 49 | 49 | 46 | 46 |
MMT | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
CHAQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VAS (Physician's scale) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VAS (Parents' scale) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PGA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PaGA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CK (IU/L) | 152 | 201 | 155 | 218 |
LDH (IU/L) | 213 | 166 | 171 | 183 |
Aldolase (IU/L) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
ESR (mm/hr) | 12 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 0.32 | 0.79 | 1.73 | 0.70 |