Can rehabilitation exercise alter the oxidative profile in stroke patients?

Abstract

Oxidative stress can trigger the deterioration of the cerebral extracellular endothelial matrix and may lead to a stroke event. There is evidence that rehabilitation exercise alters the oxidative profile. This systematic review intends to observe in the literature if rehabilitation exercise can contribute to modifying the oxidative profile in the stroke. For it, we investigated works from 2012 until August 2017, in the PubMed, Lilacs and PEDro databases. Initially, 30 documents were selected, but only one article met the inclusion criteria. These results showed that new studies must be carried out to affirm that the therapeutic exercises could improve the oxidative profile in stroke patients.