Josephin Borchers, Cordula Leonie Merle, Deborah Diana Schöneborn, Lea Ronja Lyko, Thomas Thouet, Bernd Wolfarth, Tanja Kottmann, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Jeannot Zimmer, Sven Diederich, Katrin Bauer, Ulrich Sack, Gerhard Schmalz, Dirk Ziebolz, Jan Wüstenfeld
Intense physical stress, such as that in ultramarathon running, affects the immune system. For monitoring in sports medicine, non-invasive methods, e.g., salivary analysis, are of interest. This pilot cohort study aimed to assess changes in salivary parameters in response to an ultramarathon. The results were compared to blood parameters. Male, healthy finishers ( n = 9, mean age: 48 ± 8.8 years, mean height: 1.8 ± 0.1 m, mean weight: 72.5 ± 7.2 kg, mean BMI: 23.5 ± 1.9 kg/cm²) of a 160 km ultramarathon were included...
December 1, 2022: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health