1. Psychosocial impact of sport activity in neuromuscular disorders
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Gian Luca Vita, Gabriele Siciliano, Luca Padua, Claudia Stancanelli, Maria Elena Lombardo, Angela Berardinelli, Cristina Faraone, Stefano Cotti Piccinelli, Maria Sframeli, Giuseppe Trimarchi, Tiziana Mongini, Rosy Galbo, Massimiliano Filosto, Cinzia Fattore, Silvia Pizzighello, Manfredi Ferraro, Stefania La Foresta, Giulia Ricci, Giuseppe Vita, Amanda Ferrero, and Andrea Martinuzzi
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Adult ,Quality of life ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Neurology ,Adolescent ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Dermatology ,Psychosocial impact ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Self-esteem ,medicine ,Personality ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Personality trait ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,media_common ,Sport ,biology ,Athletes ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Neuromuscular Diseases ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,Self Concept ,Neuromuscular disorders ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA ,Cohort ,Physical therapy ,Anxiety ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,business ,human activities ,Psychosocial ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Sports ,Settore MED/34 - MEDICINA FISICA E RIABILITATIVA - Abstract
Previous studies demonstrated the benefits of motor exercise and physical activity in neuromuscular disorders. However, very few papers assessed the effects of sport practise. The aim of this multicentre study was to assess the impact of sport activity on self-esteem and emotional regulation in a cohort of athletes with neuromuscular disorders. The 38 patients with Duchenne, Becker or other types of muscular dystrophy or spinal muscular atrophy practising sport (aged 13–49 years) and 39 age-, gender-, disability- and disease-matched patients not practising sport were enrolled. Testing procedures to assess self-esteem, anxiety and depression disorder, personality trait and quality of life (QoL) were used. Patients practising sport had a significantly higher self-esteem, lower level of depression, greater social own identity and adherence and QoL. Frequency of sport activity may represent a complementary therapy in neuromuscular disorders to improve mental and social well-being.
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- 2020