Blood-Pressure Response to Swimming in Ice-Cold Water

Zenner, RobertJ; Decker, DanielE De; Clement, D

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(80)90605-4

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“…After taking a harsh sauna bath and a short swim in ice‐cold water, the changes in the heart rate and blood pressure were similar to those previously reported (i.e. increase in heart rate and decrease in the diastolic blood pressure after the sauna bath, increase in systolic blood pressure after the sauna bath and the cold stress) ( Kukkonen‐Harjula et al ., 1989 ; Zenner et al ., 1980 ). Granulocytosis, haemoconcentration (probably due to sweating in the sauna) and a significant increase in the plasma concentrations of IL‐6 and ADH occurred after these stressful stimuli.…”

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Adaptation related to cytokines in man: effects of regular swimming in ice‐cold water

Dugué

Leppänen

2000

Clinical Physiology

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SummaryThe cytokine response after thermal stress (sauna + swimming in ice-cold water) was investigated in subjectively healthy persons. Two groups were studied at the end of the winter season: habitual and inexperienced winter swimmers. Blood was collected at rest, after a sauna bath and after a short swim in ice-cold water. Conventional methods and ELISA kits were used to determined the blood picture, serum cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, plasma antidiuretic hormone (ADH) levels, and the levels of several cytokines in plasma and in the supernatants of blood cell cultures which were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In regular winter swimmers, the concentrations of plasma interleukin 6 (IL-6), leukocytes, and monocytes at rest were signi®cantly higher than in inexperienced subjects. In experienced female winter swimmers, the plasma concentration of the soluble receptor for IL-6 was signi®cantly lower than in inexperienced female swimmers 1 . In both groups, granulocytosis, haemoconcentration and signi®cant increases in the concentrations of ADH, cortisol and IL-6 were observed after the stimuli. However, the changes in the cortisol concentration were dramatically larger in habitual winter swimmers. A signi®cant correlation was found between the delta values of cortisol and the basal concentrations of IL-6. In cell cultures, the LPS-induced release of IL-1b and IL-6 was higher at rest in the inexperienced winter swimmers. This release was dramatically suppressed after exposure to the stimuli in the inexperienced winter swimmers but tended to increase in the regular winter swimmers. These stresses appear to challenge both the neuro-endocrine and the immune systems and the results indicate 2 that adaptive mechanisms occur in habitual winter swimmers.

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Adaptation related to cytokines in man: effects of regular swimming in ice‐cold water

Dugué

Leppänen

2000

Clinical Physiology

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“…Pain may also be found, however, in a range of normal and even healthy experiences. Pain may be evident during intense exercise (O’Connor & Cook, 1999), in some extreme sports (Le Breton, 2000), ice-swimming (Zenner, De Decker, & Clement, 1980), the consumption of chili pepper (Rozin & Schiller, 1980), or various forms of therapy such as deep tissue massage. In documenting the positive side of pain, we draw together—and highlight novel connections between—research that is scattered across a range of fields, including biology, neuroscience, psychiatry, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, clinical psychology, and anthropology.…”

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The Positive Consequences of Pain

Bastian

Jetten

Hornsey

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Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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Pain is mostly thought of as a problem-as debilitating or harmful. Despite its unpleasantness, however, under some conditions pain can be associated with positive consequences. In this review, we explore these positive biological, psychological, and social consequences of pain. We highlight three different domains in which pain may be considered to have positive consequences. First, pain facilitates pleasure by providing an important contrast for pleasurable experiences, increasing sensitivity to sensory input, and facilitating self-rewarding behavior. Second, pain augments self-regulation and enhancement by increasing cognitive control, reducing rumination, and demonstrating virtue. Third, pain promotes affiliation by arousing empathy from others, motivating social connection, and enhancing group formation. Drawing on evidence scattered across a range of academic fields, we provide for reflection on how pain is represented, generate insights into pain-seeking behavior, and draw attention to the role of painful experiences in maximizing positive outcomes.

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“…Wie wir in Ubereinstimmung mit ZENNER (4,20) zeigen konnten, besteht die Herz-Kreislauf-Belastung im Eiswasser in einer Druckbelastung des Herzens. Sie ist nicht vie!…”

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