Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Cortisol"
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Blunted neuro-endocrine responses linking depressive symptoms and ECG left ventricular hypertrophy in black Africans: the SABPA study
(Wolters Kluwer, 2014)Objective: Chronic psychosocial stress as experienced in an urban environment plays an important role in the aetiology of depression-related cardiovascular risk. It is uncertain whether acute mental stress responses aggravate ... -
Caffeine improves triathlon performance: a field study in males and females
(Human Kinetics, 2018)The ergogenic effect of caffeine on endurance exercise is commonly accepted. We aimed to elucidate realistically the effect of caffeine on triathlon event performance using a field study design, while allowing investigation ... -
Defensive coping and renovascular disease risk. Adrenal fatigue in a cohort of Africans and Caucasians: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2015)Background: Defensive coping is an established cardiovascular risk factor in Africans. Additionally, chronic, excessive or inadequate hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPAA) stress responses could either increase or ... -
Defensive coping facilitated a smaller cortisol-to-estradiol ratio and a higher hypertension risk: the SABPA study
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Objectives: Taxing psychosocial stress and defensive coping have been associated with hypoactivity in cortisol, a vasoconstrictive agent. Estradiol has vasodilatory properties with cardio- and neuroprotective effects. It ... -
Effects of strength and endurance exercise order on endocrine responses to concurrent training
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)The present study examined the effect of strength and endurance training order on the endocrine milieu associated with strength development and performance during concurrent training. A randomised, between-groups design ... -
Psycho-hormonal effects of aerobic fatigue on collegiate female soccer players
(AOSIS, 2020)Up to 95% of a soccer match entails aerobic actions that may cause fatigue. Little is known about the effects of fatigue on the hormonal and psychological states of female players. Cortisol values (saliva sample), state ... -
The psycho-hormonal influence of anaerobic fatigue on semi-professional female soccer players
(Elsevier, 2017)Globally it is assumed that high-intensity activities are the general cause of fatigue experienced during a soccer match. However, little is known about the hormonal and psychological effects of fatigue due to these ... -
The relationship between cortisol, C-reactive protein and hypertension in African and Causcasian women: the POWIRS study
(Clinics Cardive Publishers, 2012)Research on the roles that C-reactive protein (CRP) and other risk factors such as cortisol and obesity play in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in African and Caucasian women has become increasingly imperative ...
