Effect of varied tapering on the immune cells of endurance athletes in some selected training centers of Ethiopia

Year 2019, , 102 - 109, 20.09.2019

Ambachew Amede , Somoutra Mondal , Dhamodharan Mathivanan Mahmud Abdulkedir Enyew Assefa

https://doi.org/10.31459/turkjkin.535474

Abstract

The
purpose of the present study was to recognize the effects of varied tapering
strategies on the immune response of endurance athletes in some selected
training centers of Ethiopia. Thirty-seven young distance runners (mean age: 20
± 1.97 years; mean training age: 2.43 ± .603 years) were randomly assigned to
the high intensity-low volume (HILV) and high intensity-moderate volume (HIMV)
taper groups. Training frequencies were five times per week and conducted for
two weeks in both groups. Before and after the two weeks of taper intervention,
the average lymphocyte concentration of the participant was measured and analyzed
using CBC (sysmix) machine. There was no statistically significant difference in
both within and between groups analyzed using the paired t-test and ANCOVA. In
conclusion, the finding revealed that both the HILV and HIMV tapering
strategies don’t have an influence on the immune response.  Possible flue or cold that challenges the
athletes during the pre-competitions period might not relate to the taper
training load, instead, the psychological stress that
occurs as a result of approaching the competition time may have a  negative immune response which demands consideration in the future research focuses.

Keywords

High intensity-low volume, immunology, high intensity-moderate volume, lymphocytes, tapering

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