Cold water swimming (winter or ice swimming) has a long tradition in northern countries.
Until a few years ago, ice swimming was practiced by very few extreme athletes. For some …

Studies have shown significantly increased thromboembolic events at high altitude. We
recently reported that transferrin could potentiate blood coagulation, but the underlying …

Recreational winter swimming in cold sea water evokes body responses to regularly
repeated cold water immersion. However, the understanding of adaptive changes is still …

Cold water immersion (CWI) involves rapid cooling of the body, which, in healthy individuals,
triggers a defence response to an extreme stimulus, to which the body reacts with stress …

It has been proposed that regular cold swimming is associated with health benefits.
However, the effect of cold adaptation on particular cardiovascular risk factors, within a …

Our study aimed to explore the potential positive effects of cold water exercise on
mitochondrial biogenesis and muscle energy metabolism in aging rats. The study involved …

Background Exposure of the human body to cold water triggers numerous beneficial
physiological changes. The study aimed to assess the impact of regular winter swimming on …

Kardiovaskulární onemocnění, mezi které patří ischemická choroba srdeční, její akutní forma
infarkt myokardu, a následné srdeční selhání, se stále řadí mezi nejčastější příčinu úmrtí na …

Introduction: Staphylococcus aureus can directly penetrate the stratum corneum and
epidermis, which explains why this microorganism can disrupt the immune homeostasis of …

A natação em águas frias (natação no inverno ou no gelo) tem uma longa tradição nos
países do norte. Até poucos anos atrás, a natação no gelo era praticada por pouquíssimos …