Immuno-endocrine and metabolic responses to long distance ski racing in world-class male and female cross-country skiers

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-48

  Rønsen, Ola ^a,g   Børsheim, Elisabet ^b   Bahr, Roald ^b   Pedersen, Bente Klarlund ^c   Haug, Egil ^d   Kjeldsen Kragh, Jens ^e   Høstmark, Arne T ^f  

^a Norwegian National Sports Center   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cortisol; Endurance exercise; FFA; Glucose; Growth hormone; Health risk; Hormones; Leukocytes; Muscle mass; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROLYTE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NORADRENALIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; TESTOSTERONE; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME;

ADULT; ALBUMINS; CATECHOLAMINES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS; SKIING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442618493     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2003.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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