TY - JOUR AU - de Oliveira, Diego Sales AU - Misse, Rafael Giovani AU - Lima, Fernanda Rodrigues AU - Shinjo, Samuel Katsuyuki PY - 2018 DA - 2018/05/24 TI - Physical exercise among patients with systemic autoimmune myopathies JO - Advances in Rheumatology SP - 5 VL - 58 IS - 1 AB - Systemic autoimmune myopathies (SAMs) are a heterogeneous group of rare systemic autoimmune diseases that primarily affect skeletal muscles. Patients with SAMs show progressive skeletal muscle weakness and consequent functional disabilities, low health quality, and sedentary lifestyles. In this context, exercise training emerges as a non-pharmacological therapy to improve muscle strength and function as well as the clinical aspects of these diseases. Because many have feared that physical exercise exacerbates inflammation and consequently worsens the clinical manifestations of SAMs, it is necessary to evaluate the possible benefits and safety of exercise training among these patients. The present study systematically reviews the evidence associated with physical training among patients with SAMs. SN - 2523-3106 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s42358-018-0004-1 DO - 10.1186/s42358-018-0004-1 ID - de Oliveira2018 ER -