ArticleTemperature (Austin, Tex.)2025
Salivary cortisol response to post-exercise infrared sauna declines over time.
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- Contrast Heat-Cold Versus Thermoneutral Showering in Trained Combat Sport Athletes: A Randomized Field Trial of Recovery Outcomes.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Trial
- Temperature and humidity independently influence thermoregulatory responses during Finnish sauna bathing.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Heat exposure after exercise may enhance recovery of physical performance but can also impose additional physiological stress on athletes. This study investigated the effects of post-exercise infrared sauna (IRS) on adrenal and autonomic nervous system (ANS) responses and examined how these responses adapt over time during a 6-week training intervention. Forty female team-sport athletes were pair-matched into an IRS-group and a control group (CON). Participants completed jumping exercises followed by IRS (10 min, 50 °C) or passive recovery and physiological assessments during two experimental trials: in the first (EX1) and in the last (EX2) week of the training intervention. The ANS responses were assessed by nocturnal heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability recorded before and after exercise session. Saliva cortisol concentrations, muscle soreness, and perceived recovery were assessed in the morning, before and after the exercise sessions. Cortisol increased by 5.1 ± 8.6 nmol/l the morning after EX1 in the IRS-group (
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