Improved pulmonary function is associated with reduced inflammation after hybrid whole-body exercise training in persons with spinal cord injury.

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What is the central question of this study? Does 12 weeks of functional electrical stimulation (FES) rowing exercise training lead to suppressed systemic inflammation and an improvement in pulmonary function in persons with sub-acute spinal cord injury (SCI)? What is the main finding and its importance? Twelve weeks of FES rowing exercise improves pulmonary function and the magnitude of improvement is associated with reductions in inflammatory biomarkers. Thus, interventions targeting inflammation may lead to better pulmonary outcomes for person with sub-acute SCI.

Abstract

The current study was designed to test the hypotheses that (1) reducing systemic inflammation via a 12-week functional electrical stimulation rowing exercise training (FESRT) prescription res

SUBMITTER: Yates BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991963 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature