Low-Grade Inflammation and Spinal Cord Injury: Exercise as Therapy?

Low-Grade Inflammation and Spinal Cord Injury: Exercise as Therapy?

An increase in the prevalence of obesity in people with spinal cord injury can contribute to low-grade chronic inflammation and increase the risk of infection in this population. A decrease in sympathetic activity contributes to immunosuppression due to the lower activation of immune cells in the bl...

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Main Authors: Eduardo da Silva Alves, Valdir de Aquino Lemos, Francieli Ruiz da Silva, Fabio Santos Lira, Ronaldo Vagner Thomathieli dos Santos, João Paulo Pereira Rosa, Erico Caperuto, Sergio Tufik, Marco Tulio de Mello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/971841
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