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Introduction: After hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), patients exhibit decreased muscle strength and muscle oxygen consumption. Furthermore, total corticosteroid dose affects the reduction in muscle strength after HSCT. However, to date, no studies have investigated the relationship between corticosteroid dose and muscle oxygen consumption and saturation in these patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between steroid dose and deoxyhemoglobin (ΔHHb) and muscle oxyhemoglobin saturation (ΔSmO2) in patients undergoing HSCT. Methods: This study included 17 men with hematologic disease who underwent allogeneic HSCT. We evaluated ankle dorsiflexor muscle force, ΔHHb, and ΔSmO2 in skeletal muscles by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in patients before and after HSCT. Results: Peak ankle dorsiflexion, ΔHHb, and ΔSmO2 decreased significantly after transplantation as compared to measurements taken before transplantation (p < 0.01). The change in peak ankle dorsiflexion from before to after HSCT was not significantly correlated with total steroid dose. However, ΔHHb and ΔSmO2 from before to after HSCT were significantly correlated with total steroid dose (p < 0.01). Conclusion: This study showed that higher corticosteroid doses are associated with diminished skeletal muscle O2 consumption and skeletal muscle O2 demand relative to supply. Therefore, rehabilitation staff, nurses, and physicians should take note of these findings in patients undergoing HSCT. Moreover, physiotherapists should be carefully measuring muscle oxidative metabolism on skeletal muscle when planning physical exercise in such patients.
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This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research from the Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Japan.
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Morishita, S. et al. (2021). Relationship Between Corticosteroid Dose and Muscle Oxygen Consumption in Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. In: Nemoto, E.M., Harrison, E.M., Pias, S.C., Bragin, D.E., Harrison, D.K., LaManna, J.C. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XLII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1269. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48238-1_14
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