ABSTRACT
People living with HIV (PLH), who use antiretroviral therapy (ART), are more susceptible to changes in the inflammatory profile and oxidative stress, and women have greater access to ART. Although physical exercise is a complementary strategy to treatment due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, it is not clear whether acute responses to exercise can be harmful to PLH. The aim of the study was to investigate the acute effect of resistance exercise (RE) on inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in PLH. Ten women, using ART, performed RE session consisting of seven exercises for the whole body. For biochemical evaluation, blood samples were collected before (pre), 1 hour (1h) and 2 hours (2h) after the RE session. One-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni's post hoc test was used to compare results between time points. There was an increase only in markers, GSSG of 160% (pre: 0.40 ± 0.11; 1h: 1.18 ± 0.36; 2h: 1.04 ± 0.25 mmol/g), TNF-α of 98 % (pre: 4.60 ± 0.55; 1h: 6.95 ± 0.77; 2h: 9.10 ± 1.03 pg/ml) and 52% IL-6 (pre: 2.47 ± 0 .67; 1h: 3.63 ± 1.26; 2h: 5.38 ± 2.15 pg/ml). The other variables remained unchanged (P > 0.05). It is concluded that a RE session increased the levels of inflammatory markers and oxidative stress in PLH in a non-exacerbated way.
Keywords:
HIV Infection; Cytokines; Free Radicals; Acute Exercise
RESUMO
Pessoas vivendo com HIV (PVH), que utilizam a terapia antirretroviral (TARV), são mais suscetíveis a alterações no perfil inflamatório e estresse oxidativo, sendo que as mulheres possuem maior acesso à TARV. Embora o exercício físico seja uma estratégia complementar ao tratamento devido aos seus efeitos antioxidantes e anti-inflamatórios, não está claro se as respostas agudas ao exercício podem ser prejudiciais às PVH. O objetivo do estudo foi investigar o efeito agudo de exercícios com pesos (EP) sobre marcadores inflamatórios e de estresse oxidativo em PVH. Dez mulheres, em uso da TARV, realizaram uma sessão de EP constituída por sete exercícios para o corpo todo. Para avaliação bioquímica, amostras de sangue foram coletadas antes (pré), 1 hora (1h) e 2 horas (2h) após a sessão de EP. A ANOVA one-way seguida do teste post hoc de Bonferroni foi utilizada para comparação dos resultados entre os momentos. Houve aumento apenas nos marcadores, GSSG de 160% (pré: 0,40 ± 0,11; 1h: 1,18 ± 0,36; 2h:1,04 ± 0,25 mmol/g), TNF-α de 98% (pré: 4,60 ± 0,55; 1h: 6,95 ± 0,77; 2h: 9,10 ± 1,03 pg/ml) e IL-6 de 52% (pré: 2,47 ± 0,67; 1h: 3,63 ± 1,26; 2h: 5,38 ± 2,15 pg/ml). As demais variáveis permaneceram sem alterações (P > 0,05). Conclui-se que uma sessão de EP aumentou os níveis de marcadores inflamatórios e estresse oxidativo em PVH de forma não exacerbada.
Palavras-chave:
Infecções por HIV; Citocinas; Radicais livres; Exercício agudo
Introduction
The global prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is estimated at 38.4 million cases11 IN DANGER: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022. Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. 2022. [cited onApr 9 2023]. Available from: Available from: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/2022-global-aids-update_en.pdf
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. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has emerged as an effective approach to mitigate morbidity and increase the longevity of HIV-infected individuals22 Cihlar T, Fordyce M. Current status and prospects of HIV treatment. Curr Opin Virol2016;18:50-56. DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2016.03.004
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) effectively transforming HIV into a chronic, manageable disease state33 Sangaramoorthy, T. Chronicity, crisis, and the ‘end of AIDS’. Glob Public Health 2018;13(8):982-996. DOI:10.1080/17441692.2018.1423701
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. As such, ART has become a mainstay of HIV treatment and care. However, data indicates that adult women have greater access (80%) to ART compared to adult men (70%)11 IN DANGER: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022. Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS; 2022. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. 2022. [cited onApr 9 2023]. Available from: Available from: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/2022-global-aids-update_en.pdf
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. There are reports in the literature that ART can increase oxidative stress44 Williams AA, Sitole LJ, Meyer D. HIV/HAART-associated oxidative stress is detectable by metabonomics. Mol BioSyst 2017;13(11):2202-2217. DOI: 10.1039/c7mb00336f
https://doi.org/10.1039/c7mb00336f...
),(55 Ikekpeazu JE, Orji OC, Uchendu IK, Ezeanyika LU. Mitochondrial and Oxidative Impacts of Short and Long-term Administration of HAART on HIV Patients. Curr Clin Pharmacol 2020;15(2):110-124. DOI: 10.2174/1574884714666190905162237
https://doi.org/10.2174/1574884714666190...
and further aggravate the inflammatory status of patients66 Kwame WO, Jonathan EF, Twimasiwah FM, Delphine G, Berko SB, Maxwell A, Albert, D. Levels of pro-inflammatory biomarkers among HIV patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and HAART naive patients. GSC Biol Pharm Sci 2018;4(2):017-023. DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2018.4.2.0056
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. People living with HIV (PLH) show signs of inflammation with a marked increase in the production of inflammatory cytokines when compared to uninfected individuals77 Brites-Alves C, Luz E, Netto EM, Ferreira T, Diaz RS, Pedroso C, Page K, Brites C. Immune activation, proinflammatory cytokines, and conventional risks for cardiovascular disease in HIV patients: a case-control study in Bahia, Brazil. Front Immunol 2018;9:1469.DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.0146
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, in addition to increased production of reactive oxygen species and reduced antioxidant capacity, causing a disorder in antioxidant system88 Ivanov AV, Valuev-Elliston VT, Ivanov ON, Kochetkov SN, Starodubova ES, Bartosch B, Isaguliants MG. Oxidative stress during HIV infection: mechanisms and consequences. Oxid Med Cell Longev 2016;2016. DOI: 10.1155/2016/8910396.
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Considering these changes, resistance training has been demonstrated with a non-drug strategy in HIV patients, providing improvement in several parameters99 Zanetti HR, Lopes LTP, Gonçalves A, Soares VL, Soares WF, Hernandez AV, Tse G, Liu T, Biondi-Zoccai G, Roever L, Mendes EL. Effects of resistance training on muscle strength, body composition and immune-inflammatory markers in people living with HIV: a systematic review and Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. HIV Res Clin Pract 2021;22(5):119-127.DOI: 10.1080/25787489.2021.1975448
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, including anti-inflammatory1414 Gleeson M, Bishop NC, Stensel DJ, Lindley MR, Mastana SS, Nimmo MA. The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise: mechanisms and implications for the prevention and treatment of disease. Nat Rev Immunol 2011;11(9):607-615. DOI: 10.1038/nri3041
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and antioxidant1515 De Sousa CV, Sales MM, Rosa TS, Lewis JE, de Andrade RV, Simões HG. The antioxidant effect of exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Med2017;47(2):277-293. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-016-0566
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. Acute exercise creates an inflammatory environment responsible for recovery and adaptation from an exercise session in healthy individuals1616 Hody S, Croisier JL, Bury T, Rogister B, Leprince, P. Eccentric muscle contractions: risks and benefits. Front Physiol2019; 10:536. DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00536
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, but it is not known whether the magnitude of this damage is more exacerbated in HIV-infected individuals. Furthermore, there are few studies in the literature that aim to investigate the effects of resistance training on oxidative stress1717 Deresz LF, Schöler CM, de Bittencourt PIHJ, Karsten M, Ikeda MLR, Sonza A, Dal Lago P. Exercise training reduces oxidative stress in people living with HIV/AIDS: a pilot study. HIV Clin Trials 2018;19(4):152-157. DOI: 10.1080/15284336.2018.1481247
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and inflammatory markers in PLH1919 Ghayomzadeh M, Hackett D, SeyedAlinaghi S, Gholami M, Hosseini Rouzbahani N, Azevedo Voltarelli F. Combined training improves the diagnostic measures of sarcopenia and decreases the inflammation in HIV‐infected individuals. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2022;13(2):1024-1035. DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12926
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. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of a single resistance exercise (RE) session on inflammatory markers and oxidative stress in women living with HIV.
Methods
Participants
The participants included ten women living with HIV, from the Testing and Counseling Center, responsible for the specialized STD/AIDS service in the city of Maringa (Brazil). As inclusion criteria, they must be over 18 years of age; have regularly used ART for more than six months; have a stabilized clinical grade and viral load; have not participated in physical training programs during the previous six months; have no acute or chronic inflammations that could affect physical exercise; and not be pregnant. Individuals who met the inclusion criteria received clinical evaluation by the attending physician based on each patient's history, laboratory tests, and clinical condition.
The study was approved by the Standing Committee on Ethical Research with Humans Beings of the State University of Maringa, PR, Brazil (Process No. 1.245.413). The volunteers signed the Free Informed Consent Form, after being informed about the study proposal and the procedures to which they would be submitted.
Experimental Design
The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. Participants who met the criteria were invited to participate in the familiarization protocol consisting of three sessions with a 48-hour interval between them, with the goal of learning the exercises without the insertion of loads.
The OMNI Resistance Exercise Scale (OMNI-RES) of subjective perceived exertion was used to determine and control the loads for each exercise2020 Lagally KM, Robertson RJ. Construct validity of the OMNI resistance exercise scale. J Strength Cond Res. 2006;20:252-256. DOI: 10.1519/R-17224.1.
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). The loads used during the experimental sessions corresponded to the intensity equivalent to the five to seven (5-7) range of the OMNI-RES Scale. To achieve this goal, before the beginning of the familiarization with the exercises, anchoring of the OMNI-RES scale was performed. This procedure consists of placing the patient at the lowest and highest load possible in each exercise so that she can differentiate between a lower and higher subjective perception of effort.
After the familiarization sessions, a single exercise session was performed with assessments before and one hour and two hours later.
Biochemical Analyses
Blood samples were collected before (pre), 1 (post 1hr) and 2 hours (post 2hr) after the end of the exercise session. 10 ml of fasting venous blood was collected from everyone in vacutainer® tubes (BD, São Paulo, Brazil), with EDTA. Part of the blood was centrifuged at 3500 rpm for 10 min at 4 ºC. Plasma and whole blood were stored at -80ºC for later analysis.
The viral load was tested using Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Assay. The CD4+ T and CD8+ cell counts were performed by flow cytometry (FACS Calibur Becton-Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA).
The determination of oxidative stress markers occurred through the following analyses: Total hydroperoxide (FOX) was determined according to that described by Södergren et al. (1998)2121 Södergren E, Nourooz-Zadeh J, Berglund L, Vessby B. Re-evaluation of the ferrous oxidation in xylenol orange assay for the measurement of plasma lipid hydroperoxides. J Biochem Biophys Methods 1998;37(3): 137-146. DOI: 10.1016/s0165-022x(98)00025-6
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. The determination of advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) occurred by the protocol suggested by Witko-Sarsat et al. (1996)2222 Witko-Sarsat V, Friedlander M, Capeillère-Blandin C, Nguyen-Khoa T, Nguyen AT, Zingraff J, Jungers P, Descamps-Latscha B. Advanced oxidation protein products as a novel marker of oxidative stress in uremia. Kidney Int 1996;49(5):1304-1313. DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.186
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. The lipoperoxidation products were detected by TBARS determination, as described by Costa et al. (2006)23. Reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione oxidized (GSSG) and the GSH/GSSG ratio were determined by the method adapted from Costa et al. (2006)23. The tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and interleukin 10 (IL-10), were measured by commercial immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA) (Fisher Scientific Term, Carlsbad, CA, USA).
Exercises Protocol
The exercises were based on the Guideline for the prescription of exercise to be given to people with HIV/AIDS24. The exercise session consisted of seven RE (chest press, leg press 45∘, lat pulldown machine, knee extension, triceps pulley, knee curl, and Scott biceps curl machine) involving different muscle groups with three sets per exercise.
The recovery interval adopted was of 90 seconds between the sets and 120 seconds between exercises. The number of repetitions used in each one of these sets was 8-12 repetitions, applying the fixed loads method25. The loads were compatible with the number of repetitions stipulated for each exercise. The load determination occurred during familiarization sessions.
Statistical Analysis
The descriptive statistics were used to characterize the sample. Shapiro-Wilk test was used for data distribution analysis. To compare inflammatory markers and oxidative stress, before and after exercise, analysis of variance of repeated measures (one-way ANOVA) followed by the Bonferroni post hoc test was used. The level of significance adopted for all analyzes was P <0.05. The data were analyzed using SPSS Software (IBM, New York, United States). The power of the sample was calculated with a power of 80% and effect size = 0.05 (GPower software 3.19). Nine participants are required.
Results
The characteristics of the participants are presented in Table 1.
Effects of a single resistance exercise session on oxidative stress markers in women living with HIV.
Regarding the drugs used in ART, seven patients use a combination of Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) + Protease Inhibitors (PI); one used, NRTIs + Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTIs); one, NRTIs + Integrase Inhibitors (II) and one NRTIs + PI + II.
Figure 1 shows the individual values of serum concentrations of oxidative stress markers at pre, 1hr, and 2hr after the RE session. For most markers, no differences were found, except for GSSG, where the values found over the dosages were (pre, post 1hr, and post 2hr) 0.40 ± 0.11 vs 1.18 ± 0.36 vs 1.04 ± 0.25 mmol/g hemoglobin, respectively. There was an increase over pre vs post 1hr (p = 0.011) and an increase over pre vs post 2hr (p = 0.05), representing a final mean increase of 160%.
The results of the inflammatory markers are shown in figure 2. For IL-6 the mean values were 2.47 ± 0.67 vs 3.63 ± 1.26 vs 5.38 ± 2.15 pg/ml, for the dosing times (pre, post 1hr, and post 2hr), with an increase of approximately 117% compared to pre vs post 2hr (p = 0.014), and 48% when compared to post 1hr vs post 2hr (p = 0.017). For TNF-α the mean values found over time (pre, post 1hr, and post 2hr) were 4.60 ± 0.55 vs 6.95 ± 0, 77 vs 9.10 ± 1.03 pg/ml, respectively, with a difference between pre vs post 1hr (p = 0.047), with an increase of 51%, and difference between pre vs post 2hr (p = 0.029) representing an increase of 98%. Finally, the mean IL-10 values were 3.34 ± 1.25 vs 3.32 ± 0.64 vs 2.73 ± 0.66 pg/ml, pre, post 1hr, and post 2hr, respectively, without statistical difference between time points.
Serum concentrations of inflammatory markers, IL-6 (panel A), TNF-α (panel B) and IL-10 (panel C) pre, post 1 hr and post 2hr of a single resistance exercise session.
Discussion
The results show that an RE indicated high levels of GSSG, but it is noteworthy that there were no changes in the levels of GSH, nor in the GSH/GSSG ratio, which would be important to prove an increase in oxidative stress. Furthermore, the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 cytokines, in general, significantly increased after 2 hours of the session. IL-10, on the other hand, showed no statistical difference. These findings partly confirm the initial hypothesis that acute exercise could cause an inflammatory reaction and oxidative stress in PLH.
Exercise practiced at moderate intensity in PLH could harm these patients, which would probably not happen with a healthy individual, since the guidelines recommend such intensity2626 Markovitch D, Tyrrell RM, Thompson D. Acute moderate-intensity exercise in middle-aged men has neither an anti-nor proinflammatory effect. J Appl Physiol 2008;105(1):260-265. DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00096.2008
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),(2727 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour: Web Annex. Evidence profiles. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. 2020[cited onApr 9 2023]. Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/336657/9789240015111-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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. However, submitting any individual with or without HIV and not accustomed to a RE protocol, which has eccentric actions, would run the risk of triggering an acute physiological stress1616 Hody S, Croisier JL, Bury T, Rogister B, Leprince, P. Eccentric muscle contractions: risks and benefits. Front Physiol2019; 10:536. DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00536
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),(2828 Fleck SJ, Kraemer, WJ. Fundamentos do treinamento de força muscular. Porto Alegre: Artmed Editora, 2017., capable of generating a natural response of the organism involving inflammation2929 Pedersen BK, Hoffman-Goetz L. Exercise and the immune system: regulation, integration, and adaptation. Physiol Rev2000;80(3):1055-1081. DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2000.80.3.1055
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) and oxidative stress3030 Niess, AM, Simon, P. Response and adaptation of skeletal muscle to exercise--the role of reactive oxygen species. Front in Biosci 2007;12(13):4826-4838. DOI: 10.2741/2431
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. This response was not yet known in PLH. The intensity proposed in the study is the minimum load necessary for the body, after several exposures to the aggressor, to induce adaptive and beneficial mechanisms, where the literature has addressed possible protective effects of exercise against inflammation3131 Gleeson M, Bishop NC, Stensel DJ, Lindley MR, Mastana SS, Nimmo MA. The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise: mechanisms and implications for the prevention and treatment of disease. Nat Rev Immunol2011;11(9):607-615. DOI 10.1038/nri3041
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and oxidative stress1717 Deresz LF, Schöler CM, de Bittencourt PIHJ, Karsten M, Ikeda MLR, Sonza A, Dal Lago P. Exercise training reduces oxidative stress in people living with HIV/AIDS: a pilot study. HIV Clin Trials 2018;19(4):152-157. DOI: 10.1080/15284336.2018.1481247
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.
The increase found in the oxidative and inflammatory stress marker was expected. However, it was not exacerbated, which makes RE of moderate intensity safe and tolerated by PLH. Continuously, what we must observe is whether these alterations intensify, otherwise there will be an overproduction of reactive oxygen species3232 Deminice R, Sicchieri T, Payão PO, Jordão AA. Blood and salivary oxidative stress biomarkers following an acute session of resistance exercise in humans. Int J of Sports Med2010;31(09):599-603. DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255107
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and pro-inflammatory cytokines3333 Izquierdo M, Ibañez J, Calbet JA, Navarro-Amezqueta I, González-Izal M, Idoate F Hakkinen K, Kraemer WJ, Palacios-Sarrasqueta M, Almar M, Gorostiaga, EM. Cytokine and hormone responses to resistance training. Eur J Appl Physiol2019;107(4):397-409. DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1139-x
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, which can worsen the situation of PLH, once they already have inflammation caused by the virus and use of ART3636 Fukui SM, Piggott DA, Erlandson KM. Inflammation strikes again: frailty and HIV. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep;2018,15(1):20-29. DOI: 10.1007/s11904-018-0372-5
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It is worth noting that the sample was composed only of female PLH, eliminating possible interference in the results of gender differences, since, according to Fragala et al., (2011)(3838 Fragala MS, Kraemer WJ, Denegar CR, Maresh CM, Mastro AM, Volek JS. Neuroendocrine-immune interactions and responses to exercise. Sports Med2011;41(8):621-639. DOI: 10.2165/11590430-000000000-00000
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) men and women differ in relation to the immune and oxidative systems. This aspect is a strength of our research as most studies related to this topic have been conducted with males. In addition, we highlight the need for further investigations with a sample composed of women, and also studies with a chronic design, to understand the actual behavior of these markers in PLH. As for limitations, there was the absence of a control group and the limited sample size. However, this is a factor identified as a difficulty in working with the population in question, especially when it comes to interventions with physical exercise3939 Vancampfort D, Mugisha J, Richards J, De Hert M, Lazzarotto AR, Schuch FB, Probst M, Stubbs B. Dropout from physical activity interventions in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS Care2017;29(5):636-643. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1248347
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The protocol of a single RE session in the present study offers women with HIV a simple and accessible modality that can be performed in gyms. Despite the expected increase in inflammatory markers and oxidative stress, these increases were not exacerbated. This indicates that a single bout of RE appears to be safe for women with HIV. As this is a study in which patients were supervised during the training session, we would like to suggest that this session be carried out under the supervision of a qualified trainer for better use of the protocol. Furthermore, it is reasonable to suggest that the current protocol could be incorporated into an inpatient or outpatient program to care for these patients.
Conclusion
The results of the present study indicated that one resistance exercise session increased the levels of inflammatory markers and oxidative stress in PLH in an expected and non-exacerbated manner, it is possible to conclude that resistance exercise at moderate intensity is safe for this population.
Acknowledgements:
The authors acknowledge the Center of Excellence in Physical Activity (CEAF) for the use of their gym, and the Center of Testing and Counseling (TAC) to the HIV/AIDS Patient (Maringá, PR, Brazil) for enabling contact with the participants of this study. This study was partially financed by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brazil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.
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