Chronic Inflammation and Neutrophil Activation as Possible Causes of Joint Diseases in Ballet Dancers

• Main Authors: Leandro da Silva Borges (Author), José Ricardo Bortolon (Author), Vinicius Coneglian Santos (Author), Nivaldo Ribeiro de Moura (Author), Alexandre Dermargos (Author), Maria Fernanda Cury-Boaventura (Author), Renata Gorjão (Author), Tania Cristina Pithon-Curi (Author), Elaine Hatanaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Herein, we investigated the effects of a ballet class on the kinetic profiles of creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities, cytokines, complement component 3 (C3), and the concentrations of immunoglobulin (Ig), IgA and IgM, in ballerinas. We also verified neutrophil death and R...