The Effects of Cold Exposure Training and a Breathing Exercise on the Inflammatory Response in Humans: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We previously showed that a training intervention comprising a combination of meditation, exposure to cold, and breathing exercises enables voluntary activation of the sympathetic nervous system, reflected by profoundly increased plasma epinephrine levels, and subsequent attenuation of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory response. Several elements of the intervention may contribute to these effects, namely, two different breathing exercises (either with or without prolonged breath retention) and exposure to cold. We determined the contribution of these different elements to the observed effects.

Methods

Forty healthy male volunteers were randomized to either a short or an extensive training in both breathing exercises by either the creator of the trai

SUBMITTER: Zwaag J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9071023 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature