Salivary IgA is not a reliable indicator of upper respiratory infection in collegiate female soccer athletes.

摘要: It has been shown that mucosal immunity measures such as salivary immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) can be affected by sport activities and resulted in an increased susceptibility to infection. However, there is limited research evaluated the change s-IgA throughout a full training season. The purpose of study was evaluate levels incidence upper respiratory infection National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level female soccer athletes compared age matched controls over entire Saliva samples were collected from 12 randomly selected collegiate 8 age-matched controls. Samples bimonthly athletes' pre-and post-sport sessions pre- post-90-minute sedentary period for Analysis showed significant (p 0.05) between or total symptom days (TSDs). Furthermore, no correlation absolute TSDs s-IgA/TP large range measurable at different time points lack relationship indicate not appropriate measure determine athlete's during