Exercise before Surgery Can Protect both Muscle and Nerves, Study Suggests (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Exercise before Surgery Can Protect both Muscle and Nerves, Study Suggests (3 of 3)

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UVA's Zhen Yan, PhD, is a top expert on the cellular benefits of exercise. His work on ischemia reperfusion injury -- when tissue is injured by the restoration of blood flow -- has the potential to benefit surgery patients, soldiers injured on the battlefield and everyone who suffers an injury with significant blood loss.

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Dan Addison | University of Virginia

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