Effect of winter swimming on haematological parameters

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-78

  Lombardi, Giovanni ^a   Ricci, Cristian ^b   Banf, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cold stress; Haematology; Leukocytes; Platelets; Red blood cells; Winter swimming

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CELL FRACTIONATION; COLD STRESS; COLD TREATMENT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LEUKOCYTE; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE INJURY; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLASMA VOLUME; POPULATION; RACE; REST; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WATER IMMERSION; WINTER;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA VOLUME; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951706055     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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