Consequences of immobilization and disuse: a short review
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Immobilization and disuse of a body part is quite common in the rehabilitation of patients suffering from injuries or diseases. There are a number of deleterious effects, including systems and organs such as the respiratory, cardiac and skeletal muscle. The clinical and physiological principal aspects revised in this short review are: muscular atrophy, general metabolic alterations, increase of connective tissue, muscular power loss, oxidative stress, loss of weight and neural changes. We conclude that immobilization/disuse should be evaluated and questioned if we really have indicated before being prescribed, as this causes many physiological and clinical deleterious effects.
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