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ArticleBiology of sport2020

Upper respiratory tract symptoms and salivary immunoglobulin A of elite female gymnasts: a full year longitudinal field study.

Jasmien Dumortier, Nicolette C Bishop, Dirk Vogelaers, Jan Boone, Liesbeth Delesie, Els Tobback, An Mariman, Jan G Bourgois

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Article in Biology of sport, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jasmien DumortierDepartment of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium.
Nicolette C BishopSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, United Kingdom.
Dirk VogelaersDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
Jan BooneDepartment of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium.
Liesbeth DelesieDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
Els TobbackDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
An MarimanDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
Jan G BourgoisDepartment of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium.
Ghent University Hospital · BEGhent University · BELoughborough University · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of upper respiratory tract symptoms (URS) in elite female gymnasts during a training season. In addition, we aimed to observe the extent to which salivary immunoglobulin A (sIgA) is associated with URS in these athletes, including potential effects of the season and timing of sample collection. Over one year, 18 elite female gymnasts completed URS and fatigue questionnaires weekly and provided 1 mL of saliva after a minimum 36 h of rest (morning or afternoon) to measure relative sIgA concentration (= mean absolute sIgA value of the week divided by the mean absolute sIgA value of the weeks without URS). Mean weekly URS and mean relative sIgA values per gymnast correlated negatively (r = -0.606,

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Artistic gymnasticsFitnessHealthMucosal immune systemRecovery

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PMID32879551
PMCPMC7433336
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