Hormonal responses in athletes: The use of a two bout exercise protocol to detect subtle differences in (over)training status

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 140-146

  Meeusen, R ^a   Piacentini, M F ^a   Busschaert, B ^a   Buyse, L ^a   De Schutter, G ^a   Stray Gundersen, J ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exercise performance; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Neuroendocrine imbalance; Overreaching; Overtraining

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYCLING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVEREXERTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROLACTIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS;

EID: 1542621081     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0940-1     Document Type: Article

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