Title Exercise is medicine: case report of a woman with smoldering multiple myeloma.
Author Boullosa, Daniel A; Abreu, Laurinda; Tonello, Lais; Hofmann, Peter; Leicht, Anthony S
Journal Med Sci Sports Exerc Publication Year/Month 2013-Jul
PMID 23377835 PMCID -N/A-
Affiliation 1.Post-Graduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the influence of a supervised training program on the changes in serum monoclonal protein level (i.e., IgG), percentage of bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs), fitness performance, and cardiac autonomic control (i.e., HR variability [HRV] and HR complexity [HRC]) in a female diagnosed with smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM). METHODS: A middle-age female patient with smoldering multiple myeloma and former elite athlete was monitored for 4 yr while participating in a supervised multimodal training regimen designed for the development of various physical capacities. The patient had the possibility of self-selection of daily training volume. Changes in fitness components, IgG levels, and BMPCs were evaluated throughout a 4-yr monitoring period (i.e., follow-up). HRV was examined via 24-h HR recordings during a 6-wk period at the second and the third year of the follow-up. RESULTS: Exercise performance in all fitness components was improved while IgG levels and BMPCs decreased (from 2.53 to 1.84 g . dL(-1) and from 20% to 10%, respectively). Time and frequency domain HRV parameters exhibited significant increases (18%-29%) with HRC remaining unchanged. CONCLUSIONS: The current case report results indicated that a multimodal training program designed for the development of various physical capacities improved exercise performance, hematological function, and cardiac autonomic control that may improve long-term prognosis for SMM. Examination of similar exercise training regimens for hematological and other cancer populations may assist in the development of simple nonpharmacological treatments for improved prognosis.

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