Ventilatory Responses During Submaximal Exercise in Children With Prader-Willi Syndrome.

PURPOSE Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic neurobehavioral disorder presenting hypothalamic dysfunction and adiposity. At rest, PWS exhibits hypoventilation with hypercapnia. We characterized ventilatory responses in children with PWS during exercise. METHODS Participants were children aged 7-12 years with PWS (n = 8) and without PWS with normal weight (NW; n = 9, body mass index ≤ 85th percentile) or obesity (n = 9, body mass index ≥ 95th percentile). Participants completed three 5-minute ambulatory bouts at 3.2, 4.0, and 4.8 km/h. Oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide output, ventilation, breathing frequency, and tidal volume were recorded. RESULTS PWS had slightly higher oxygen uptake (L/min) at 3.2 km/h [0.65 (0.46-1.01) vs 0.49 (0.34-0.83)] and at 4.8 km/h [0.89 (0.62-1.20) vs 0.63 (0.45-0.97)] than NW. PWS had higher ventilation (L/min) at 3.2 km/h [16.2 (13.0-26.5) vs 11.5 (8.4-17.5)], at 4.0 km/h [16.4 (13.9-27.9) vs 12.7 (10.3-19.5)], and at 4.8 km/h [19.7 (17.4-31.8) vs 15.2 (9.5-21.6)] than NW. PWS had greater breathing frequency (breaths/min) at 3.2 km/h [38 (29-53) vs 29 (22-35)], at 4.0 km/h [39 (29-58) vs 29 (23-39)], and at 4.8 km/h [39 (33-58) vs 32 (23-42)], but similar tidal volume and ventilation/carbon dioxide output to NW. CONCLUSION PWS did not show impaired ventilatory responses to exercise. Hyperventilation in PWS may relate to excessive neural stimulation and metabolic cost.

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