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. 2022 Feb 28;28(8):878-880.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i8.878.

"Role of exercise in preventing and restoring gut dysbiosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease": A letter to the editor

Neasa Mc Gettigan  1 , Aoibhlinn O'Toole  1 , Karen Boland  1
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"Role of exercise in preventing and restoring gut dysbiosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease": A letter to the editor

Neasa Mc Gettigan et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Exercise-induced changes of the microbiome in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is a promising field of research with the potential for personalized exercise regimes as a promising therapeutic adjunct for restoring gut dysbiosis and additionally for regulating immunometabolic pathways in the management of IBD patients. Structured exercise programmes in IBD patients of at least of 12 wk duration are more likely to result in disease-altering changes in the gut microbiome and to harness potential anti-inflammatory effects through these changes along with immunometabolic pathways.

Keywords: Cytokines; Dysbiosis; Exercise; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Metabolism; Microbiota.

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