Exercício reduz a IMT

Physical activity is associated with improved subclinical atherosclerosis in spinal cord injury subjects independent of variation in traditional risk factors.............................................................................. .................................................. Evidência de redução da IMT com atividade física em pacientes selecionados............................................................... ...................................................... Overall, these findings indicate that physical inactivity per se might play a direct role in the development of atherosclerosis in SCI individuals and further suggest that chronic SCI might be a potential human model for the study of the mechanisms by which physical inactivity may stimulate atherogenesis.