Physical activity and stress resistance: sympathetic nervous system adaptations prevent stress-induced immunosuppression

F Fleshner - Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Regular moderate physical activity positively influences many aspects of health. For
example, a physically active lifestyle is associated with decreased risks of coronary heart …

Exercise, immune function and respiratory infection: An update on the influence of training and environmental stress

NP Walsh, SJ Oliver - Immunology and cell biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This review outlines recent advancements in the understanding of athlete immune health.
Controversies discussed include whether high levels of athletic training and environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Should, and how can, exercise be done during a coronavirus outbreak? An interview with Dr. Jeffrey A. Woods

W Zhu - Journal of sport and health science, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis is now present in China. It started in December,
2019 and has, so far, led 213 individuals died and at least 9066 infected in China by local …

Exercise effects on systemic immunity

DC Nieman - Immunology and cell biology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy exertion has acute and chronic influences on systemic immunity. In the resting state,
the immune systems of athletes and non‐athletes are more similar than disparate with the …

Physical activity and modulation of systemic low-level inflammation

H Bruunsgaard - Journal of leukocyte biology, 2005 - academic.oup.com
It has been recognized for some time that cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes are, to
a major extent, inflammatory disorders associated with an environment characterized by a …

The immunomodulating role of exercise in metabolic disease

GI Lancaster, MA Febbraio - Trends in immunology, 2014 - cell.com
A lack of physical activity is linked to the development of many chronic diseases. It is now
well established that the immune system and inflammation play a central role in the …

The anti-inflammatory effect of exercise

AMW Petersen, BK Pedersen - Journal of applied …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
Regular exercise offers protection against all-cause mortality, primarily by protection against
cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The latter disorders have been …

[HTML][HTML] Cytokine responses to acute exercise in healthy older adults: the effect of cardiorespiratory fitness

MT Windsor, TG Bailey, M Perissiou, L Meital… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Markers of chronic inflammation increase with aging, and are associated with cardiovascular
disease prevalence and mortality. Increases in fitness with exercise training have been …

Chronic exercise reduces illness severity, decreases viral load, and results in greater anti-inflammatory effects than acute exercise during influenza infection

ML Kohut, YJ Sim, S Yu, KJ Yoon… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background. It is assumed that moderate exercise may improve resistance to infection and
reduce inflammation, but there are limited data to support this assumption in an infection …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the acute effects of exercise on immune and inflammatory indices in untrained adults

WMC Brown, GW Davison, CM McClean… - Sports medicine-open, 2015 - Springer
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global mortality.
Although the incidence may be reduced with regular exercise, the health benefits of a single …