Rehabilitation and Immune Function. 3. Effect of Physical Therapy on Cytokines in Patients with Cerebrovascular Diseases.:3. EFFECT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY ON CYTOKINES IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES

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Serum cytokine levels during a 2-month period of physical therapy were evaluated in 11 patients with hemiplegia, 2 weeks after the onset of cerebrovascular diseases, who had been classified into the stages 2-3 by the criteria of Brunnstrom on admission. Compared with the patients who discontinued the physical therapy 3-4 weeks after the onset of stroke on their own, the serum level of interleukin-2 receptor was significantly increased, though serum levels of interleukin-2 and 6 were not changed. The serum level of IL-1β was undetectable before and after the rehabilitation program. It may be suggested that physical therapy in stroke patients has an effect to increase the immune function in association with the cytokine network.
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