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AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 218-224Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2012.06.007
Keywords
Exercise training; Physical activity; Fitness; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Myositis; Rheumatoid arthritis
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo - FAPESP [2011/24093-2, 2011/08302-0]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior (CAPES)
- Federico Foundation
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [11/08302-0] Funding Source: FAPESP
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Chronic inflammation is a common feature shared by several autoimmune rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, systemic sclerosis, and ankylosing spondylitis. Therefore, blocking or reducing inflammation is one of the major treatment strategies in these diseases. In this context, exercise training has emerged as a potential therapeutic tool in counteracting systemic inflammation, thereby leading to better clinical outcomes. The aims of this review are i) to provide a summary of the clinical effects of exercise training in selected autoimmune rheumatic diseases; and ii) to discuss the potential anti-inflammatory role of exercise training in autoimmune rheumatic diseases, stressing the gaps in literature and the clinical and scientific perspectives in the field. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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