Wise Young
05-09-2003, 05:20 PM
These are some recent advances in exercise research that I have posted in the Clinical SCI Research Forum:
• Furusawa, et al. (2003). (http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23166) Activation of natural killer cell function in recreational athletes with paraplegia during a wheelchair half-marathon race. Natural killer cells are special kinds of lymphocytes that target tumor cells and infectious microbes. They secrete cytokines and are called "natural killers" because they kill on contact without needing to recognize any specific antigen on the cells. This report indicates that intense athletic activity in paraplegics increases activaton of these cells during a wheelchair half-marathon race. Maybe this is the mechanism by which exercise increases immune responses of the people.
• Bickel, et al. (2003). (http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23157) The acute molecular responses of skeletal muscle to resistance exercise in able-bodied and spinal cord injured subjects. Electrical stimulation of muscle has long been believed to be able to prevent and reverse muscle atrophy in spinal cord injury. While some data suggest that such stimulation will increase muscle bulk, it is not clear what other effects it may have. These authors from the Shepard Center report that acute bouts of resistance exercise stimulate molecular responses in the muscles of people with chronic SCI and that the systems that regulate these molecular responses are intact even after extended periods of inactivity.
• Hicks, et al. (2003). (http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23155) Long-term exercise training in persons with spinal cord injury: effects on strength, arm ergometry performance and psychological well-being. Many people have said that exercise training is beneficial for people with spinal cord injury. This study from Hamilton Ontario attempts to quantify the benefits of 9 months of twice-weekly exercise. They found that participants who trained reported significantly less pain, stress and depression after training, and scored highly for perceived satisfaction, physical function, and overall quality of life.
Wise.
• Furusawa, et al. (2003). (http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23166) Activation of natural killer cell function in recreational athletes with paraplegia during a wheelchair half-marathon race. Natural killer cells are special kinds of lymphocytes that target tumor cells and infectious microbes. They secrete cytokines and are called "natural killers" because they kill on contact without needing to recognize any specific antigen on the cells. This report indicates that intense athletic activity in paraplegics increases activaton of these cells during a wheelchair half-marathon race. Maybe this is the mechanism by which exercise increases immune responses of the people.
• Bickel, et al. (2003). (http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23157) The acute molecular responses of skeletal muscle to resistance exercise in able-bodied and spinal cord injured subjects. Electrical stimulation of muscle has long been believed to be able to prevent and reverse muscle atrophy in spinal cord injury. While some data suggest that such stimulation will increase muscle bulk, it is not clear what other effects it may have. These authors from the Shepard Center report that acute bouts of resistance exercise stimulate molecular responses in the muscles of people with chronic SCI and that the systems that regulate these molecular responses are intact even after extended periods of inactivity.
• Hicks, et al. (2003). (http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23155) Long-term exercise training in persons with spinal cord injury: effects on strength, arm ergometry performance and psychological well-being. Many people have said that exercise training is beneficial for people with spinal cord injury. This study from Hamilton Ontario attempts to quantify the benefits of 9 months of twice-weekly exercise. They found that participants who trained reported significantly less pain, stress and depression after training, and scored highly for perceived satisfaction, physical function, and overall quality of life.
Wise.