Athlete’s Passport: Prevention of Infections, Inflammations, Injuries and Cardiovascular Diseases
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Ethical Approval
2.2. Participants
2.3. Experimental Approach
2.4. Procedures
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effect of Exercise on Red Blood Cells
3.2. Exercise and Platelet Indices
3.3. Dosage of CK, LDH, Vitamin D and Cortisol
3.4. The Impact of Exercise on the Thyroid Gland
3.5. Comparison between Cortisol and Thyroid Hormones
3.6. C-Reactive Protein and Inflammation in Athletes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | ρ | ||
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0 Month | 1 Month | 3 Months | |
Cortisol/fT3 | −0.46 | 0.08 | −0.13 |
Cortisol/fT4 | −019 | 0.20 | 0.04 |
Cortisol/TSH | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.21 |
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Mennitti, C.; Brancaccio, M.; Gentile, L.; Ranieri, A.; Terracciano, D.; Cennamo, M.; La Civita, E.; Liotti, A.; D’Alicandro, G.; Mazzaccara, C.; et al. Athlete’s Passport: Prevention of Infections, Inflammations, Injuries and Cardiovascular Diseases. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 2540. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082540
Mennitti C, Brancaccio M, Gentile L, Ranieri A, Terracciano D, Cennamo M, La Civita E, Liotti A, D’Alicandro G, Mazzaccara C, et al. Athlete’s Passport: Prevention of Infections, Inflammations, Injuries and Cardiovascular Diseases. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9(8):2540. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082540
Chicago/Turabian StyleMennitti, Cristina, Mariarita Brancaccio, Luca Gentile, Annaluisa Ranieri, Daniela Terracciano, Michele Cennamo, Evelina La Civita, Antonietta Liotti, Giovanni D’Alicandro, Cristina Mazzaccara, and et al. 2020. "Athlete’s Passport: Prevention of Infections, Inflammations, Injuries and Cardiovascular Diseases" Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 8: 2540. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082540