Abstract
To determine the immunologic response to a brief bout of intense exercise in children and to determine the effects of prolonged activity and maturation level of the subjects on this response. We determined counts of leukocytes and their subsets, counts of lymphocytes and their subsets, and natural killer (NK) cell activity and cell number before and 3 and 60 minutes after a Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT) in 16 male swimmers (9 to 17 years of age) and 17 male nonswimmers (9 to 17 years of age). Subjects were also categorized by pubertal status based on Tanner staging and by level of physical activity. The Student t test and analysis of variance were used to determine statistical significance, with values expressed as mean +/- SEM. Three minutes after the WAnT, all children had increases in leukocytes (28%), lymphocytes (43%), and NK cells (395%) (p < 0.01). Swimmers had less baseline NK cell activity (54 +/- 6 cytolytic units) than nonswimmers (87 +/- 10 cytolytic units) after the WAnT (p < 0.01), although both groups showed an increase to similar levels of NK activity 3 minutes after exercise. Pubertal effects on these responses were not significant. Our results demonstrate transient leukocytosis, lymphocytosis, and increases in...Continue Reading
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