Interleukin-6 response to isokinetic exercise in elite athletes: Relationships to adrenocortical function and to mechanical and myoelectric fatigue

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-382

  Minetto, Marco A ^a   Rainoldi, A ^a,b   Gazzoni, M ^b   Ganzit, G P ^c   Saba, L ^a   Paccotti, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Ist di Medicina dello Sport FMSI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Interleukin 6(IL 6); Isokinetic exercise; Myoelectric manifestations of fatigue; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTIC ACID; MYOGLOBIN; PRASTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-6; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SALIVA; SPORTS;

EID: 33749371061     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0285-7     Document Type: Article

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