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About Daniel Dwain

Dr. Dwain Daniel graduated from Cleveland Chiropractic College in 1981 and opened his private practice in San Antonio, Texas in 1982.

Balance, coordination and endurance training improves nerve regeneration after injury

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  • Nerve regeneration is enhance with exercise training even within 24 hours of injury.
  • Balance and coordination training are essential components of training for proper nerve regeneration

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Different rehabilitation treatments have proven useful in accelerating regeneration.

Stationary BikeMETHODS: After sciatic nerve crush in rats, we tested balance and coordination training (BCT) and endurance training (ET) through sensorimotor tests and analyzed nerve and muscle morphology.

RESULTS: After BCT and ET, rats performed better in sensorimotor tests than did non-trained animals. However, only BCT maintained sensorimotor function during training. Furthermore, BCT and ET produced significantly larger muscle area than in non-trained animals.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that BCT and ET, when initiated in the early phase after sciatic nerve injury, improve morphological properties of the soleus muscle and sciatic nerve, but only the task-oriented BCT maintained sensorimotor function. The success of rehabilitative strategies appears to be highly task-specific, and strategies that stimulate sensory pathways are the most effective in improving balance and/or coordination parameters.

Citation

Bonetti LV, Schneider AP, Barbosa S, Ilha J, Faccioni-Heuser MC. Balance and coordination training and endurance training after nerve injury. Muscle Nerve. 2015 Jan;51(1):83-91. doi: 10.1002/mus.24268. Epub 2014 Nov 19.

Link to full article.  : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24752648