ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2015
The effects of four weeks aerobic training on saliva cortisol and testosterone in young healthy persons.
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- The Effects of Tai Chi and Qigong Exercise on Psychological Status in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Physical Activity and the Occurrence of Postnatal Depression-A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Pooled it
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- Using Graph Representation Learning to Predict Salivary Cortisol Levels in Pancreatic Cancer Patients.Journal of healthcare informatics research · 2021Article
- The effect of different training modalities on resting hormonal level in active young males.Journal of applied biomedicine · 2021Article
- Changes in Salivary Levels of Creatine Kinase, Lactate Dehydrogenase, and Aspartate Aminotransferase after Playing Rugby Sevens: The Influence of Gender.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The role of exercise in brain DNA damage.Neural regeneration research · 2020Review
- No relationship between the digit ratios (2D:4D) and salivary testosterone change: Study on men under an acute exercise.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Associations between objective measures of physical activity, sleep and stress levels among preschool children.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- A randomised-controlled trial pilot study examining the effect of pelvic floor muscle training on steroid hormone concentrations in elderly women with stress urinary incontinence.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2019Article
- Effects of Recovery Mode during High Intensity Interval Training on Glucoregulatory Hormones and Glucose Metabolism in Response to Maximal Exercise.Journal of athletic enhancement · 2018Article
- Testosterone, cortisol, hGH, and IGF-1 levels in an Italian female elite volleyball team.Health science reports · 2018Review
- A systematic review of physical activity and sedentary behaviour research in the oil-producing countries of the Arabian Peninsula.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Influence of preliminary exercise training on muscle damage indices in rats after one bout of prolonged treadmill exercise.Journal of physical therapy science · 2016Article
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Abstract
[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of 4 weeks moderate aerobic exercise on outcome measures of saliva stress hormones and lactate levels in healthy adult volunteers. [Subjects and Methods] Sixteen healthy students with an age range of 15-25 years participated in this study. The participants performed an exercise test of moderate intensity for 4 weeks, three times per week. The exercise was treadmill walking. Saliva concentrations of cortisol, testosterone and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were measured before and after the 4 weeks of moderate aerobic training using immunoassay techniques. [Results] After 4 weeks of exercise, there were significant increases in cortisol, free testosterone levels, and LDH activity along with a significant decrease in the ratios between testosterone and cortisol levels. No significant correlations were found among the studied parameters in the resting stage, a result which supports the positive effect of exercise on stress hormones following 4 weeks of training. [Conclusion] The results suggest that four weeks exercise of moderate intensity significantly affects the salivary stress hormones of young healthy volunteers. The data support the importance of salivary stress hormones as potential biological markers especially for older ages. However, more research is required to validate these biological markers which determine the host response to physical activity.
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