Immunological responses to overreaching in cyclists

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 854-861

  Halson, Shona L ^a,b   Lancaster, Graeme I ^a   Jeukendrup, Asker E ^a   Gleeson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cycling; Cytokines; Glutamine glutamate; Immune system; Overtraining

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOKINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; OVEREXERTION; PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYTOKINES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERGOMETRY; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038032929     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000064964.80040.E9     Document Type: Article

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