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Effect of a Single Finnish Sauna Session on White Blood Cell Profile and Cortisol Levels in Athletes and Non-Athletes

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Finnish sauna bathing on a white blood cell profile, cortisol levels and selected physiological indices in athletes and non-athletes. The study evaluated 9 trained middle-distance runners and 9 male non-athletes. The subjects from both gr...

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Autores principales: Pilch, Wanda, Pokora, Ilona, Szyguła, Zbigniew, Pałka, Tomasz, Pilch, Paweł, Cisoń, Tomasz, Malik, Lesław, Wiecha, Szczepan
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Publicado: Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Katowicach 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3916915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24511348
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2013-0075
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author Pilch, Wanda
Pokora, Ilona
Szyguła, Zbigniew
Pałka, Tomasz
Pilch, Paweł
Cisoń, Tomasz
Malik, Lesław
Wiecha, Szczepan
author_facet Pilch, Wanda
Pokora, Ilona
Szyguła, Zbigniew
Pałka, Tomasz
Pilch, Paweł
Cisoń, Tomasz
Malik, Lesław
Wiecha, Szczepan
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description The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Finnish sauna bathing on a white blood cell profile, cortisol levels and selected physiological indices in athletes and non-athletes. The study evaluated 9 trained middle-distance runners and 9 male non-athletes. The subjects from both groups participated in 15-minute sauna sessions until their core temperature rose by 1.2°C (mean temperature in the sauna room was 96° ± 2°C; relative humidity was 15 ± 3%) with a 2 minute cool down with water at a temperature of 19–20°C. Body mass was measured before and after the session and blood samples were taken for tests. Rectal temperature was monitored at five-minute intervals during the whole session. Serum total protein, haematological indices and cortisol levels were determined. Sauna bathing caused higher body mass loss and plasma volume in the athletes compared to the group of non-athletes. After the sauna session, an increased number of white blood cells, lymphocyte, neutrophil and basophil counts was reported in the white blood cell profile. Higher increments in leukocyte and monocyte after the sauna bathing session were recorded in the group of athletes compared to untrained subjects. The obtained results indicated that sauna bathing stimulated the immune system to a higher degree in the group of athletes compared to the untrained subjects.
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spelling pubmed-39169152014-02-07 Effect of a Single Finnish Sauna Session on White Blood Cell Profile and Cortisol Levels in Athletes and Non-Athletes Pilch, Wanda Pokora, Ilona Szyguła, Zbigniew Pałka, Tomasz Pilch, Paweł Cisoń, Tomasz Malik, Lesław Wiecha, Szczepan J Hum Kinet Research Article The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Finnish sauna bathing on a white blood cell profile, cortisol levels and selected physiological indices in athletes and non-athletes. The study evaluated 9 trained middle-distance runners and 9 male non-athletes. The subjects from both groups participated in 15-minute sauna sessions until their core temperature rose by 1.2°C (mean temperature in the sauna room was 96° ± 2°C; relative humidity was 15 ± 3%) with a 2 minute cool down with water at a temperature of 19–20°C. Body mass was measured before and after the session and blood samples were taken for tests. Rectal temperature was monitored at five-minute intervals during the whole session. Serum total protein, haematological indices and cortisol levels were determined. Sauna bathing caused higher body mass loss and plasma volume in the athletes compared to the group of non-athletes. After the sauna session, an increased number of white blood cells, lymphocyte, neutrophil and basophil counts was reported in the white blood cell profile. Higher increments in leukocyte and monocyte after the sauna bathing session were recorded in the group of athletes compared to untrained subjects. The obtained results indicated that sauna bathing stimulated the immune system to a higher degree in the group of athletes compared to the untrained subjects. Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Katowicach 2013-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3916915/ /pubmed/24511348 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2013-0075 Text en © Editorial Committee of Journal of Human Kinetics This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Pokora, Ilona
Szyguła, Zbigniew
Pałka, Tomasz
Pilch, Paweł
Cisoń, Tomasz
Malik, Lesław
Wiecha, Szczepan
Effect of a Single Finnish Sauna Session on White Blood Cell Profile and Cortisol Levels in Athletes and Non-Athletes
title Effect of a Single Finnish Sauna Session on White Blood Cell Profile and Cortisol Levels in Athletes and Non-Athletes
title_full Effect of a Single Finnish Sauna Session on White Blood Cell Profile and Cortisol Levels in Athletes and Non-Athletes
title_fullStr Effect of a Single Finnish Sauna Session on White Blood Cell Profile and Cortisol Levels in Athletes and Non-Athletes
title_full_unstemmed Effect of a Single Finnish Sauna Session on White Blood Cell Profile and Cortisol Levels in Athletes and Non-Athletes
title_short Effect of a Single Finnish Sauna Session on White Blood Cell Profile and Cortisol Levels in Athletes and Non-Athletes
title_sort effect of a single finnish sauna session on white blood cell profile and cortisol levels in athletes and non-athletes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3916915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24511348
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2013-0075
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