Acute moderate exercise does not further alter the autonomic nervous system activity in patients with sickle cell anemia.

A decreased global autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and increased sympathetic activation in patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) seem to worsen the clinical severity and could play a role in the pathophysiology of the disease, notably by triggering vaso-occlusive crises. Because exercise ch...

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Main Authors: Mona Hedreville, Keyne Charlot, Xavier Waltz, Stéphane Sinnapah, Nathalie Lemonne, Maryse Etienne-Julan, Valérie Soter, Olivier Hue, Marie-Dominique Hardy-Dessources, Jean-Claude Barthélémy, Philippe Connes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24740295/pdf/?tool=EBI