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

Ambachew Amede,Somoutra Mondal,Enyew Assefa,Mahmud Abdulkedi̇r,Dhamodharan Mathi̇vanan

doi:10.31459/turkjkin.535474

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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.

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Practiced hard training and the wider knowledge of progressive overload training regimens severely disrupt the balance between training and recovery methods of the athletes (Neary et al, 2003)
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
Possible flue or cold that challenge the athletes during the precompetitions 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 responses which demands consideration in the future research focuses

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Practiced hard training and the wider knowledge of progressive overload training regimens severely disrupt the balance between training and recovery methods of the athletes (Neary et al, 2003). Contemporary coaches, athletes and training expertise have difficulties to find strategies to increase performance. An increase in the level of fatigue, mood disturbance and decrease in performance occurred when there was imbalance between training and recovery (Halson, 2003). Most of the reports related to overtraining were mainly caused by insufficient recovery periods after the long exhaustive training (Zatsiorsky, 2003). All strategies did before a major competition was intended to boost performances by reducing the training loads and cumulated fatigue effects (Kentta et al, 2001; Matos, 2010). Due to the above fact, exercise scientists were looking for different alternative training interventions, recovery methods, and dietary intake to increase the performance of an athlete (Mujika, 2009)

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