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abstractSauna
effect on blood oxygen transport and prooxidant-antioxidant balance in
athletes Viktor Zinchuk, Dzmitry Zhadzko Department
of Physiology, Grodno State Medical University, Belarus
Abstract
Study
of sauna effects on the athletes’ organism is an important
problem, but the data on sauna impact on the blood O2 transport and
lipid peroxidation processes in the athletes’ body in the
literature is lacking. The purpose of study was to evaluate the state
of blood oxygen transport and prooxidant-antioxidant balance in
athletes after a single sauna exposure as well as after a sauna course.
Material and Methods. The effect of sauna (temperature 85-90°С,
relative humidity 10-15%) on blood oxygen transport and
prooxidant-antioxidant balance in qualified male athletes-wrestlers
(age=18-25; n=16) was investigated. Results. A single sauna procedure
caused respiratory alkalosis (increased blood pH by 0.8%
(p<0.001)), elevation of O2 concentration in venous blood by
53.3% (р<0.001), increase P50 (at which hemoglobin is 50%
saturated) by 10.99% (р<0.001), thus reflecting the right shift
of oxyhemoglobin-dissociation curve, development of oxidative stress.
After a sauna course (1 procedure every week for five months), there
was a similar pattern of blood oxygen transport parameters change and
normalization of prooxidant-antioxidant balance. The growth of nitric
oxide (NO) production, according to increased plasma nitrate/nitrite
concentration after the first procedure by 26.2%, after a final sauna
by 25.5%, reflected its contribution to the oxygen-dependent processes
under thermal exposure. Conclusion. The sauna provides adaptations of
oxygen-binding blood properties and mechanisms of antioxidant
protection via NO-dependent processes, which can increase the athletes
body's resistance to various stress-inducing factors.
Key
words:sauna, blood
oxygen transport, lipid peroxidation, antioxidants, nitric oxide,
athletes
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