International Journal of
Medicine and Medical Sciences

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Med. Med. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9723
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJMMS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 535

Full Length Research Paper

Resistance to respiratory illness and antibody response in open water swimmers during training and long distance swims

Alexander Kormanovski
  • Alexander Kormanovski
  • Superior Medical School, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, D.F, Mexico.
  • Search for this author on:
  • Google Scholar
Francisco Castañeda Ibarra
  • Francisco Castañeda Ibarra
  • Superior Medical School, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, D.F, Mexico.
  • Search for this author on:
  • Google Scholar
Eleazar Lara Padilla
  • Eleazar Lara Padilla
  • Superior Medical School, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, D.F, Mexico.
  • Search for this author on:
  • Google Scholar
Rafael Campos Rodriguez
  • Rafael Campos Rodriguez
  • Superior Medical School, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, D.F, Mexico.
  • Search for this author on:
  • Google Scholar


  •  Accepted: 15 February 2010
  •  Published: 31 March 2010

Abstract

The immune response in open water swimmers during training and long-distance swims (LDS) as well as their resistance to respiratory illnesses has not been investigated. The immune, metabolic and hematological response was determined in experimental  and control groups of swimmers (7 and 8 athletes, respectively) during 6 months of training, as well as in the experimental group during each one of three LDS (>6 h) carried out during this training period. At the end of six months of training, the average pre-exercise levels of serum IgG, IgA, IgM and salivary IgA, decreased significantly: 48, 34, 64 and 45%, respectively. The average serum antibodies levels did not change during the first LDS, and increased significantly between the second and fourth hours of the other two swims. Salivary IgA decreased drastically in the first two hours (80%) of all swims. LDS carried out during training in open waters significantly suppressed pre-exercise serum and salivary antibody levels, although these changes did not affect the resistance of the swimmers to respiratory illnesses. The adaptation of the immune response was expressed in a significant increase of antibodies during consequent LDS.

Key words: Antibodies, metabolic and hematological parameters, adaptation.

Copyright © 2024 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.

This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0

Back to Vol. 2 No. 3
Back to articles
SUBSCRIBE TO RSS
SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT
CONFERENCES