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Int J Sports Med 2013; 34(01): 81-86
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1314817
Immunology
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Effects of Exercise on S-IGA and URS in Postmenopausal Women

C. A. Sloan
1   Health and Physical Education, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, United States
,
H. J. Engels
2   Division of Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
,
M. M. Fahlman
2   Division of Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
,
H. E. Yarandi
3   College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
,
J. E. Davis
3   College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States
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accepted after revision 24 April 2012

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28 August 2012 (online)

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Abstract

32 postmenopausal women were randomized to a 16-week home-based walking program or control group. Before and after the intervention, each subject completed a graded maximal treadmill test to establish VO2max and resting saliva was collected to determine levels of salivary immunoglobulin A. The 16-week walking program resulted in an increase in VO2max (+10.4%; p<0.01). Repeated measures ANOVA revealed a marked increase in the resting secretion rate of salivary immunoglobulin A (+37.4%; p<0.05) in the exercise group following training. Independent of study group, both before and after the intervention, the secretion rate of salivary immunoglobulin A ( − 32.3%) and saliva flow rate (− 29.3%) were reduced following acute maximal exercise (p<0.05). Weekly upper respiratory symptomatology logs revealed that the number of incidences of upper respiratory symptoms throughout the intervention period were the same and the duration per incidence (control: 5.3±1.5 days; exercise: 6.3±2.2 days) were similar between study groups. These findings in postmenopausal women support that the secretion rate of salivary immunoglobulin A and saliva flow rate are reduced immediately following maximal exercise. Moreover, a 16-week moderate intense walking program can increase the secretion of salivary immunoglobulin A without affecting upper respiratory symptomatology.

Key words

salivary IgA - immunity - postmenopausal - acute exercise - chronic exercise
 

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