Evaluation of recovery of muscle strength in patients with impaired quadriceps function under treatment with carnitine

Twenty (20) subjects with bilateral gonarthrosis in its painful phase have been studied by the Authors who subdivided them into two groups: - group A: patients undergoing the rehabilitating treatment with no pharmacological therapies; - group B: patients treated with 2 g/day L.-carnitine for 30 days before starting the kinesitherapy. The group treated with L-carnitina showed a slightly increased strenght, even in the period of only medical therapy. All patients at the end of the kinesitherapy obtained a strengthening in the quadriceps muscle; on the contrary, patients previously treated with L-carnitine reached a significantly increased maximum isometric strength with respect to the untreated group.