Effects of HiLo for two weeks on erythrocyte immune adhesion and leukocyte count of swimmers / 中国应用生理学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effects of living high-training low (HiLo) on innate immunity in blood of elite swimmers.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Six female swimmers undertook HiLo for two weeks, erythrocyte adhesion function and counts of leukocyte were tested in different time of training period.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Red blood cell C3b receptor ring rate (RBC-C3bRR) decreased and red blood cell immune complex matter ring rate (RBC-ICR) increased significantly (P < 0.05), the two markers returned to base line 1 week after training. Counts of leukocyte and granulocyte decreased significantly (P < 0.05), and they recovered 1 week after training; Counts of lymphocyte and monocyte decreased without significance during training and did not recovered after training.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Immunity of erythrocyte and granulocyte decreased quickly, but lymphocyte and monocyte recovered slowly, swimmers were adaptive to the training.</p>