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Effects of Exercise on the Skin Epithelial Barrier of Young Elite Athletes-Swimming Comparatively to Non-Water Sports Training Session

The benefits of swimming have been extensively assessed. However, swimming pools contain chlorine and other irritating chemicals that may induce contact dermatitis. To evaluate the effect of a swimming training session on transepidermal water loss (TWEL) in swimmers compared to football players, eli...

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Autores principales: Paciência, Inês, Rodolfo, Ana, Leão, Leonor, Silva, Diana, Cavaleiro Rufo, João, Mendes, Francisca, Padrão, Patrícia, Moreira, Pedro, Laerte Boechat, Jose, Delgado, Luís, Moreira, André
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33466624
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020653
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author Paciência, Inês
Rodolfo, Ana
Leão, Leonor
Silva, Diana
Cavaleiro Rufo, João
Mendes, Francisca
Padrão, Patrícia
Moreira, Pedro
Laerte Boechat, Jose
Delgado, Luís
Moreira, André
author_facet Paciência, Inês
Rodolfo, Ana
Leão, Leonor
Silva, Diana
Cavaleiro Rufo, João
Mendes, Francisca
Padrão, Patrícia
Moreira, Pedro
Laerte Boechat, Jose
Delgado, Luís
Moreira, André
author_sort Paciência, Inês
collection PubMed
description The benefits of swimming have been extensively assessed. However, swimming pools contain chlorine and other irritating chemicals that may induce contact dermatitis. To evaluate the effect of a swimming training session on transepidermal water loss (TWEL) in swimmers compared to football players, elite swimmers and football players were invited to participate (58 athletes) in the study, where TEWL was measured before, immediately after, and 30 min after a 2 h training session. The probe was held on the dorsum of the hand, volar forearm, and on the antecubital flexure for 1 min. The volar forearm, antecubital flexure, and hand dorsum showed a significant increase in TEWL in swimmers in both measurements after training compared to baseline (p < 0.001). In football players, an increase in TEWL was observed on the hands’ dorsum between baseline and after training measurements. The variations on TEWL levels before and immediately after the training session were higher among swimmers on the volar forearm (p = 0.002) and antecubital flexure (p = 0.019). Our findings support the effect of the training environment—swimming pool versus outdoor sports—on the skin barrier function, with an increase of transepidermal water loss immediately after exercise. Exposure to a swimming pool environment in a 2 h training session may lead to changes in skin barrier function.
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spelling pubmed-78286882021-01-25 Effects of Exercise on the Skin Epithelial Barrier of Young Elite Athletes-Swimming Comparatively to Non-Water Sports Training Session Paciência, Inês Rodolfo, Ana Leão, Leonor Silva, Diana Cavaleiro Rufo, João Mendes, Francisca Padrão, Patrícia Moreira, Pedro Laerte Boechat, Jose Delgado, Luís Moreira, André Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The benefits of swimming have been extensively assessed. However, swimming pools contain chlorine and other irritating chemicals that may induce contact dermatitis. To evaluate the effect of a swimming training session on transepidermal water loss (TWEL) in swimmers compared to football players, elite swimmers and football players were invited to participate (58 athletes) in the study, where TEWL was measured before, immediately after, and 30 min after a 2 h training session. The probe was held on the dorsum of the hand, volar forearm, and on the antecubital flexure for 1 min. The volar forearm, antecubital flexure, and hand dorsum showed a significant increase in TEWL in swimmers in both measurements after training compared to baseline (p < 0.001). In football players, an increase in TEWL was observed on the hands’ dorsum between baseline and after training measurements. The variations on TEWL levels before and immediately after the training session were higher among swimmers on the volar forearm (p = 0.002) and antecubital flexure (p = 0.019). Our findings support the effect of the training environment—swimming pool versus outdoor sports—on the skin barrier function, with an increase of transepidermal water loss immediately after exercise. Exposure to a swimming pool environment in a 2 h training session may lead to changes in skin barrier function. MDPI 2021-01-14 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7828688/ /pubmed/33466624 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020653 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Paciência, Inês
Rodolfo, Ana
Leão, Leonor
Silva, Diana
Cavaleiro Rufo, João
Mendes, Francisca
Padrão, Patrícia
Moreira, Pedro
Laerte Boechat, Jose
Delgado, Luís
Moreira, André
Effects of Exercise on the Skin Epithelial Barrier of Young Elite Athletes-Swimming Comparatively to Non-Water Sports Training Session
title Effects of Exercise on the Skin Epithelial Barrier of Young Elite Athletes-Swimming Comparatively to Non-Water Sports Training Session
title_full Effects of Exercise on the Skin Epithelial Barrier of Young Elite Athletes-Swimming Comparatively to Non-Water Sports Training Session
title_fullStr Effects of Exercise on the Skin Epithelial Barrier of Young Elite Athletes-Swimming Comparatively to Non-Water Sports Training Session
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Exercise on the Skin Epithelial Barrier of Young Elite Athletes-Swimming Comparatively to Non-Water Sports Training Session
title_short Effects of Exercise on the Skin Epithelial Barrier of Young Elite Athletes-Swimming Comparatively to Non-Water Sports Training Session
title_sort effects of exercise on the skin epithelial barrier of young elite athletes-swimming comparatively to non-water sports training session
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33466624
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020653
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