Publication details
Imunoglobulin A (IgA) ve slinách sportovců
| Title in English | Immunoglobulin A (IgA) in the saliva of athletes |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Unreasonable physical load generally has negative effects on human health, including unwanted manipulations with the immune system, which is especially related to practicing sports at a top level. Long-term inappropriate physical load results in a reduction of the protective mechanisms of the immune system with a simultaneous increase in indicators typical of damaging inflammation (Krejsek et al., 2016). A reduced amount of antibodies in the blood (mainly IgA and IgG) can be a sign of overload and overtraining (Bernaciková et al., 2013). Despite many works (except one study in elite teenage gymnasts (Filaire et al., 2004)) that confirmed a decrease in salivary IgA after long-term intensive sports activity in both youth and adults (Mortatti et al., 2012; D'Ercole et al. , 2016; Gleeson et al., 1999), sIgA levels were found not to differ between individual sports periods. As the number of participants (gymnasts) in this study was small and at least several other studies have shown a decrease in sIgA in adolescent athletes undergoing prolonged training/competition (Mortatti et al., 2012; D'Ercole et al., 2016), it is possible to follow up on these results with a study with a larger number of athletes. |