Changes in awakening cortisol response and midnight salivary cortisol are sensitive markers of strenuous training-induced fatigue

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-24

  Minetto, Marco A ^a,b   Lanfranco, F ^a   Tibaudi, A ^c   Baldi, M ^a   Termine, A ^c   Ghigo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Awakening cortisol response; Intensified training; Midnight cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; SALIVA LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 40949127471     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345561     Document Type: Article

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