Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Μοριακή και Εφαρμοσμένη ΦυσιολογίαLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Tokmakidis Panagiotis
Supervisors info:
Γεώργιος Μαστοράκος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Μιχαήλ Κουτσιλιέρης, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Δημήτριος Γουλής, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΑΠΘ
Original Title:
Επίδραση της άσκησης στον άξονα υποθάλαμος-υπόφυση-επινεφρίδια και το σύστημα του στρες
Translated title:
Effects of exercise on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the stress system: a systematic review
Summary:
The assumption that exercise can be used as a physical stress challenge with the ability to alter the stress system response in psychological stress states sets the objective of the present study. The question raised is if physical exercise can affect or even control the response to the potentially harmful socio-psychological daily stress. The approach of the issue is carried out through a systematic review of the existing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the literature. Hypothetically, the physical stress of exercise affects the stress system response to psychological stress, through cross-adaptation mechanisms that calibrate the stress system towards a healthier response. The focus of this systematic review is the effect of the various exercise regimens on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and other components of the stress system, as represented by outcome measures reflecting the stress system response to psychological stressors. Overall, the present review intended to address all available data concerning healthy individuals randomly assigned to either any form of exercise or a control condition and evaluated in comparison for any possible outcome reflecting the physiological response to psychological stress.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Stress system, Physical exercise, Nervous system, Cardiovascular system, Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, Cortisol, Salivary a-amylase
