Open Access<p>Acute Changes in Interleukin-6 Level During Four Days of Long-Distance Walking</p>
Author(s) -
Viviane Soares,
Ivan Silveira de Avelar,
Patrícia Espíndola Mota Venâncio,
Deise A. A. Pires-Oliveira,
Pedro Henrique de Almeida Silva,
Amanda Rodrigues Borges,
Gustavo Paz Estevez Ferreira Fonseca,
Matias Noll
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of inflammation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.656
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 1178-7031
DOI - 10.2147/jir.s281113
Subject(s) - post hoc analysis , medicine , analysis of variance , post hoc , bonferroni correction , repeated measures design , zoology , mathematics , biology , statistics
Interleukin 6 (IL-6) has an inflammatory effect, and its concentration in serum increases during exercise. However, no studies have assessed acute changes in IL-6 concentration after consecutive days of extreme and long-term exercise.