Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you.Please help support the podcast:► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience       Review Eur J Sport Sci 2018 Jul;18(6):820-831. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1449895. Epub 2018 Apr 11. Recommendations to maintain immune health in athletes Neil P Walsh College of Health and Behavioural Sciences , Bangor University , Bangor , UK. PMID: 29637836   DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1449895 Abstract Numerous studies over the last 35 years report an increase in upper respiratory infection (URI) symptoms in athletes during periods of heavy training and competition. Challenges athletes face such as heavy exercise and life stress influence immune function via activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system and the resulting immunoregulatory hormones. Both innate and acquired immunity are often reported to decrease transiently in the hours after heavy exertion, typically 15-70%: prolonged heavy training sessions in pa