The Effect of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Measures of Stress and Inflammation in Healthy Young Adults

Author(s)

Julien Tartar, Cooper City High School
Anthony Ricci, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Jonathan Banks, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Hannah Murphy, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Cassandra Evans, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
Jose Antonio, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Jaime Tartar, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

ORCID

0000-0003-2187-245X, 0000-0002-8930-1058

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Research Directs in Health Sciences

ISSN

2768-492X

Publication Date

8-21-2023

Abstract

Introduction: While the effects of long-term measures of inflammation and stress are well studied, less is known about the effects of an acute exercise challenge on exercise in young healthy individuals. Methods: This was a randomized crossover design (mean age = 19.25, SD = 1.45)that measured biomarkers of stress (cortisoland salivary alpha amylase, sAA)and inflammation (IL-1β, CRP)in an exercise and control condition. In the exercise condition, participants walked or ran on a treadmill at 75-85% of their maximum heart rate for 40minutes. Under the control condition, participants stood for 40 minutes to control for orthostatic effects. Biomarkers were quantified from saliva collected before, 1 minute after, and 45minutes after the exercise and control condition. Results: The change in biomarkers from baseline values (+1min and + 45min) between exercise and control conditions showed that compared to the control condition, the acute exercise bout significantly increased sAA CRP at +1minat +45min and in IL-1β+45min. Cortisol levels significantly decreased at both time points in the control condition Conclusions: Ultimately, the results of this study show how small and realistically achievable amounts of exercise can acutely strengthen the body’s physiological responses to immune challenges.

DOI

10.53520/rdhs2023.10486

Volume

3

Issue

1

Comments

The authors would like to thank Milan Patel and Diane Woodbine for their assistance.

Copyright, 2023 by the authors.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

NSUWorks Citation

Tartar, J., Ricci, A., Banks, J., Murphy, H., Evans, C., Antonio, J., Tartar, J. (2023). The Effect of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Measures of Stress and Inflammation in Healthy Young Adults. Research Directs in Health Sciences, 3(1).
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/2038