The open window of susceptibility to infection after acute exercise in healthy young male elite athletes.
The open window of susceptibility to infection after acute exercise in healthy young male elite athletes.
M. Kakanis,J. Peake,5 Authors,S. Marshall-Gradisnik
2010 · DOI: 10.1016/J.JSAMS.2010.10.642
Exercise immunology review · 211 Citations
TLDR
This is the first study to show changes in immunological variables up to 8 hours post-exercise, including significant NK cell suppression, NK cell phenotype changes, a significant increase in total lymphocyte counts, and asignificant increase in eosinophil cell counts all at 8 hoursPost-ex exercise.