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I talked with Dr. Macaluso this morning.(Professor of Human Physiology,

Department of Human Movement and Sport Sciences,

University of Rome Foro Italico)

He graciously forwarded me a full text copy of his research which I just added

to our Files.

These are the results of the first study of Federica Menotti (one of his PhD

students) who is carrying out her PhD on walking bioenergetics, neuromechanics

and physical activity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth patients (in collaboration with Dr

Antonello Damiani, a consultant neurologist who not only takes care of CMT

patients but is also a CMT patient himself).

Federica has also carried out two other studies, one looking at the effect of

recovery time after fatigue and another looking at the correlation between

levels of daily living activity and neuromuscular function.

The team will submit the results of these two studies to scientific journals

soon and I will keep you informed on the outcomes.

In addition, they are about to start a project entitled " understanding central

and peripheral mechanisms of muscle fatigue in Charcot-Marie-Tooth patients by

combining surface-electromyography with electroencephalography " .

The team is also looking for funding to look at the effect of innovative

exercise programs to improve walking performance and neuromuscular function in

CMT patients and hope to be able to continue their work in the future.

Gretchen