Medicine at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games: the New Zealand health team: Table 1

Robinson, Diana

doi:10.1136/bjsm.36.3.229

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“…moderate loads reduce the infection risk and heavy, intense exertions increase that risk. That view was supported by authors who reported URTI to be particularly abundant in competitive athletes [13,37,41,49,51]; highest relative incidence of URTI was noted at Winter Olympics [14,22,48], Summer Olympics [49,58] and at World Championships [1,2,13]. It ought to be noted that asthma, allergic rhinitis, exercise-induced bronchial spasm and hyperventilation may produce URTI-like symptoms thus making detection of URTI very difficult.…”

Section: Effects Of Urti On Motor Activitiessupporting

confidence: 59%

The Role of Salivary Immunoglobulin a in the Prevention of the Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Athletes – An Overview

Orysiak¹,

Malczewska-Lenczowska²,

Szyguła³

et al. 2012

Biol Sport

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Section: Effects Of Urti On Motor Activitiessupporting

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The Role of Salivary Immunoglobulin a in the Prevention of the Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Athletes – An Overview

Orysiak¹,

Malczewska-Lenczowska²,

Szyguła³

et al. 2012

Biol Sport

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“…This would be of particular relevance, as spinal-cordinjured individuals are prone to respiratory diseases such as dyspnea, pneumonia, or respiratory failure. 13 In a sporting context, it should be noted that in line with findings in able-bodied athletes, 7 anecdotal evidence from the national governing sports bodies' training-log records shows a high proportion of URS-related dropouts in athletic tetraplegic populations during heavy training periods and competition.…”

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“…5 This is of practical relevance, as URS are among the most common medical problems in elite able-bodied athletes. 7 URS may lead to missed training sessions and compromises in athletic performance. Furthermore, according to some surveys, sore throats and flulike symptoms are more common in athletes than in the general population, and, once athletes are infected, their colds may last longer.…”

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Salivary Immunoglobulin A and Upper Respiratory Symptoms During 5 Months of Training in Elite Tetraplegic Athletes

Leicht¹,

Bishop²,

Paulson³

et al. 2012

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

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Purpose:Altered autonomic innervation in tetraplegic individuals has been shown to depress certain immune parameters at rest and alter exercise-related salivary immunoglobulin A (sIgA) responses. The purpose of this study was to examine resting sIgA responses as a function of training load and episodes of upper respiratory symptoms (URS) in elite tetraplegic athletes.Methods:Resting saliva samples were obtained from 14 tetraplegic athletes at 12 predefined time points over 5 months and analyzed for sIgA. Occurrence of self-reported URS and training load was recorded throughout the study’s duration. Regression analyses were performed to investigate the relationship between sIgA responses and training load. Furthermore, the relationships between sIgA responses and URS occurrence were examined.Results:sIgA secretion rate was negatively correlated with training load (P = .04), which only accounted for 8% of the variance. No significant relationships were found between sIgA responses and subsequent URS occurrence. Finally, sIgA responses did not differ between athletes with and without recorded URS during the study period.Conclusions:In line with findings in ablebodied athletes, negative relationships between sIgA secretion rate and training load were found in tetraplegic athletes. This may explain some of the higher infection risk in wheelchair athletes with a high training load, which has been previously observed in paraplegic athletes. However, the nonsignificant relationship between sIgA responses and URS occurrence brings into question the use of sIgA as a prognostic tool for the early detection of URS episodes in the studied population.

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“…Indeed, URTI are also suggested to be the most common type of infection in the athletic population (Roberts, 1986;Cannon, 1993;Peters, 1997;Gleeson and Walsh, 2012). In fact they have shown to be a highly prevalent medical condition in athletes at clinics in both the summer and winter Olympic Games (e.g., Robinson and Milne;Engebretsen et al, 2010Engebretsen et al, , 2013.…”

Section: Exercise and Upper Respiratory Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%