From the October 2020 issue of UCLA Health's Healthy Years (HY)
Muscle Up Your Immune System
Skeletal muscle is a major immune regulatory organ. Here’s how to tap into yours.
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Skeletal muscles, such as biceps and quadriceps, are those that enable movement, for example, hitting a tennis ball, riding a bike, or simply opening a door. But as researchers have discovered, skeletal muscles are responsible for much more than locomotion. The field of investigation known as “exercise immunology” is fairly new, emerging some 20 years […]