Many studies document that exercise and physical activity can have an anti-inflammatory effect, while there is evidence that a sedentary lifestyle could be the basis for the development of systemic inflammation and increased cardiovascular risk. This occurs because a sedentary lifestyle leads to the accumulation of visceral fat, and this is accompanied by an increase in adipokine release and infiltration of adipose tissue by the pro-inflammatory immune cells. Furthermore, the imbalance between immune processes and metabolic processes is associated with the development of insulin resistance, atherosclerosis and neurodegeneration.~The primary objective is to assess whether regular physical activity is able to induce a decrease in systemic immune-activation in HIV positive patients.~To evaluate this hypothesis, the following parameters will be analyzed: evaluation of immune-activation levels, of metabolic parameters, of cardiac function, of immuno-virological set-up, of dietary intake and of physical performance indices in HIV-positive patients with a sedentary lifestyle; these data will be compared with the values measured in the same HIV positive population with a sedentary lifestyle after three months of regular physical activity.
exercise and physical activity can have an anti-inflammatory effect, while there is evidence that a sedentary lifestyle could be the basis for the development of systemic inflammation and increased cardiovascular risk. The primary objective is to assess whether regular physical activity is able to induce a decrease in systemic immune-activation in HIV positive patients.