effect of exhaustive physical effort on the levels of thyroid hormones and glucose in the blood of soccer goal keepers

The purpose of this research is an attempt to know the effect of exhaustive physical effort on the levels of tri-iodothyronine [T3] and thyroxine [T4] in the blood of young aged soccer goal keeper and the older ones. Also this study aimd to correlate between the thyroid hormones and glucose levels before and after the exhaustive exercise in the two different age groups of athlets. The results indicates an elevated thyroid hormones levels after physical effort which may be attributed to the response and adaptation of the thyroid gland to this effort, on the otherhand glucose levels decreased in both groups after the exhaustive exercise