Publications by authors named "Desplan M"

Article Synopsis
  • - Participants in the study were 1154 ultramarathon runners, and the research focused on their sleep patterns and management strategies during challenging races, highlighting issues like sleep deprivation that are common in long-distance events.
  • - About 58% of runners used sleep management techniques, with most starting the race already in sleep debt; many also took naps during the race, although the amount of sleep varied depending on race length.
  • - Symptoms of sleep deprivation were prevalent, affecting 80% of runners, leading to issues like falls and hallucinations, yet most recovered their wakefulness within two days post-race, indicating the need for better sleep strategies for both performance and safety.
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Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a high prevalent disorder with severe consequences including sleepiness, metabolic, and cardiovascular disorders. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of an individualized exercise-training (IET) program with educational sessions vs educational sessions alone on severity markers of OSA over an eight-week duration.

Methods: This was a randomised, controlled, parallel-design study.

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Objective: Supine sleep is associated with increased obstructive sleep apnea. People with Parkinson's disease (PD) complain about difficulties turning around in bed. The relationship between supine sleep and sleep-disordered breathing has never been explored in people with Parkinson's disease.

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Background: Exercise training may improve components of metabolic syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The objective of our pilot randomized controlled study was to determine the benefits of a short intensive inpatient individualized exercise training (IET) program in sedentary untreated OSAS patients.

Methods: Twenty-two sedentary patients with moderate to severe OSAS were randomly assigned either to one-month education activity sessions (n=11; control group) or to inpatient rehabilitation program (n=11), including IET, education activities sessions, and dietary management.

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Exercise is recognized as a part of the management of obesity and diabetes. Various protocols of exercise are proposed for the management of obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic diseases. One of the strategies proposed by several authors is low intensity endurance training targeted at the level of maximal oxidation.

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Aim: To assess whether the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with altered fat oxidation (FO) during physical exercise in men with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and/or the metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Methods: A total of 105 consecutive overweight or/and T2DM male patients were hospitalized for metabolic check-ups including bioimpedancemetry to measure lean body mass (LBM), standardized exercise calorimetry to assess FO, maximum fat oxidation (MFO) and carbohydrate oxidation (CHO), and OSAS screening using respiratory polygraphy. Twenty patients were classified as having severe OSAS, according to the apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI), with greater than 30 events/h (mean AHI: 45.

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Background: Although the benefits of comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation have been demonstrated in patients with COPD, the effects of exercise sessions within self-management programs remain unclear. We hypothesized that 8 supervised exercise sessions incorporated in a 1-month self-management education program in COPD patients would be effective to improve health outcomes and to reduce direct medical costs after one year, compared to usual care.

Methods: In this randomized controlled trial, 38 moderate-to-severe COPD patients were assigned either to an intervention group or to a usual care group.

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