Differences in Aerobic Fitness between an Obese Adolescent with Prader-Willi Syndrome and Other Obese Adolescents and Exercise Training Results

Yentung Su, Hungya Huang, Shanghui Tuan, Minhui Li and Kolong Lin
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Yentung Su: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
Hungya Huang: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
Shanghui Tuan: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Cishan Hospital Ministry of Health and Welfare, Cishan District, Kaohsiung 84247, Taiwan
Minhui Li: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
Kolong Lin: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 5, 1-5

Abstract: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder characterized by specific physical and behavioral abnormalities and considered the most commonly known genetic cause of morbid obesity in children. Recent studies indicate that patients suffering from this syndrome have significant problems in skill acquisition, muscle force, cardiovascular fitness, and activity level. In this study, we report an obese adolescent PWS patient of poor aerobic fitness compared with 13 obesity adolescents, and great improvement in cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) outcomes of the PWS patient measured after two weeks of physical exercise training programs.

Keywords: Prader-Willi syndrome; cardiopulmonary exercise test; adolescent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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