The roles of exercise-induced immune system disturbances in the pathology of heat stroke: The dual pathway model of heat stroke

Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-64

  Chin, Leong Lim ^a,b,c   Mackinnon, Laurel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^c Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; ENDOGENOUS PYROGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ATHLETE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT STROKE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY; THERMOREGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXEMIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXERTION; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 32044434396     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200636010-00004     Document Type: Review

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