Repeated prolonged moderate-intensity walking exercise does not appear to have harmful effects on inflammatory markers in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Carlijn R. Lamers, Nicole M. de Roos, Coen C. W. G. Bongers, Dominique S. M. ten Haaf, Yvonne Hartman, Ben Witteman, Maria T. E. Hopman
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The role of exercise in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is inconclusive as most research focused on short or low-intensity exercise bouts and subjective outcomes. We assessed the effects of repeated prolonged moderate-intensity exercise on objective inflammatory markers in IBD patients. METHODS: = 19), was used to test for the effect of exercise on faecal calprotectin. Both IBD groups also completed a clinical disease activity questionnaire. RESULTS: = .024). CONCLUSION: Repeated prolonged moderate-intensity walking exercise led to similar cytokine responses in participants with or without IBD, and it did not affect faecal calprotectin concentrations, suggesting that IBD patients can safely perform this type of exercise.