Upper respiratory tract infection symptoms in ultramarathon runners not related to immunoglobulin status

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-46

  Peters, Edith M ^a   Shaik, Junaid ^a   Kleinveldt, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mucosal and blood immunoglobulins; Training volume; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COUGHING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEVER; FLOW RATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MYALGIA; NOSE CONGESTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RUNNING; SALIVA;

EID: 75649090828     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181cb4086     Document Type: Article

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