The effects of cold exposure on leukocytes, hormones and cytokines during acute exercise in humans.

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of exercise on total leukocyte count and subsets, as well as hormone and cytokine responses in a thermoneutral and cold environment, with and without an individualized pre-cooling protocol inducing low-intensity shivering. Nine healthy young men pa...

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Main Authors: Dominique D Gagnon, Sheila S Gagnon, Hannu Rintamäki, Timo Törmäkangas, Katri Puukka, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Heikki Kyröläinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4206434?pdf=render