Regular Treadmill Exercise Improves the Spinal Cord Injury Repair in a Rat Model Treated with Menstrual Blood Stem Cells and Curcumin-Loaded Nanocomposite Hydrogel: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study

Abstract

In the current study, the synergistic healing efficacy of regular treadmill exercise and administration of menstrual blood stem cells and curcumin-loaded calcium alginate hydrogel was investigated. In Vitro studies were used to characterize the hydrogel system In Vitro. Various validation methods including BBB assay, histopathological examinations, and gene expression studies were used to assess the healing efficacy of different groups. Study showed that treadmill exercise and the hydrogels loaded with both menstrual blood stem cells and curcumin significantly improved the spinal cord injury repair through upregulation of pro-healing genes.