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Lifetime sport practice and brain metabolism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the metabolic correlates of lifetime sport practice in ALS through brain ¹⁸F-FDG-PET.

Methods

131 patients completed a questionnaire about lifetime exposures, including physical activity related to sports, hobbies and occupations, and underwent brain ¹⁸F-FDG-PET. Exposure to sports was expressed as MET (Metabolic Equivalent of Task). We considered only regular practice (at least 2 h/week, for at least three months). We compared brain metabolism between two groups: subjects who did not report regular sport practice during life (N-group) and patients who did (Y-group). The resulting significant clusters were used in each group as seed regions in an interregional correlation analysis (IRCA) to evaluate the impact of lifetime sport practice on brain networks typically involved by the neurodegenerative process of ALS. Each group was compared to healthy controls (HC, n = 40).

Results

We found a significant, relative cerebellar hypermetabolism in the N-group compared to the Y-group. The metabolism of such cerebellar cluster resulted correlated to more significant and widespread metabolic changes in areas known to be affected by ALS (i.e. frontotemporal regions and corticospinal tracts) in the N-group as compared to the Y-group, despite the same level of disability as expressed by the ALS FRS-R. Such findings resulted independent of age, sex, site of onset (bulbar/spinal), presence/absence of C9ORF72 expansion, cognitive status and physical activity related to hobbies and occupations. When compared to HC, the N-group showed more widespread metabolic changes than the Y-group in cortical regions known to be relatively hypometabolic in ALS patients as compared to HC.

Conclusions

We hypothesize that patients of the N-group might cope better with the neurodegenerative process, since they show more widespread metabolic changes as compared to the Y-group, despite the same level of disability. Nevertheless, further studies are necessary to corroborate this hypothesis.

SUBMITTER: Canosa A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7334468 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lifetime sport practice and brain metabolism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Canosa Antonio A D'Ovidio Fabrizio F Calvo Andrea A Moglia Cristina C Manera Umberto U Torrieri Maria Claudia MC Vasta Rosario R Cistaro Angelina A Gallo Silvia S Iazzolino Barbara B Nobili Flavio Mariano FM Casale Federico F Chiò Adriano A Pagani Marco M

NeuroImage. Clinical 20200612

<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the metabolic correlates of lifetime sport practice in ALS through brain <sup>18</sup>F-FDG-PET.<h4>Methods</h4>131 patients completed a questionnaire about lifetime exposures, including physical activity related to sports, hobbies and occupations, and underwent brain <sup>18</sup>F-FDG-PET. Exposure to sports was expressed as MET (Metabolic Equivalent of Task). We considered only regular practice (at least 2 h/week, for at least three months). We compared brain met ...[more]

PMID: 32622315

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Lifetime sport practice and brain metabolism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

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