Michael Baria: Key Findings on the Impact of Exercise on PRP
Michael Baria, Lead for The Early Osteoarthritis and Joint Health Program at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Head Team Physician for Ohio State Wrestling at The Ohio State University Department of Athletics, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article by Ian B. Stewart et al. published in Journal of Applied Physiology:
“The impact of exercise on PRP is profound
This beautiful paper (from 2002!) details how this works.
Stewart et al put patients through a sub-maximal and exhaustive cycle workout and measured peripheral blood counts and splenic activity.
Among their findings were:
- platelet counts increase nearly 30% with 15 minutes of exhaustive exercise
- the means behind this platelet increase is adrenergic induction of splenic contraction (by almost 60% of its total volume)
- the platelet increase is intensity, not time, dependent.
What does this mean for us?
PRP can be enhanced, fairly easily, by a brief bout of exercise
Exercise should be sufficiently intense, but not long.
60% of the VO2 max was used in this study.
5 minutes is enough.
How do you tap into the benefits of exercise for your bio practice?”
Title: Cardiovascular and splenic responses to exercise in humans
Authors: Ian B. Stewart, Darren E. R. Warburton, Alastair N. H. Hodges, Donald M. Lyster, Donald C. McKenzie
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