Does prolonged cycling of moderate intensity affect immune cell function?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-177

  Scharhag, Jürgen ^a   Meyer, T ^a   Gabriel, H H W ^b   Schlick, B ^a   Faude, O ^a   Kindermann, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; SAFETY;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLING; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTERLEUKIN-6; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 14644398004     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.013060     Document Type: Article

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