Summary of research concerning mesorecovery
| 1st author and year | F/M (n) | Job nature (I, II, or III), + job title or sport | Experimental condition | Baseline value (a, b, c, or d) | Hormone (A, NA, or C) | Bodily fluid (B, U, or S) | Time of measurement | Outcome (↑=increase ↓=decrease ≅=no change) | Controlled variables | |||||||||
| Bonifazi 199517 | 8 M | I | Monitoring of winter training season: 15×200 m freestyle. Three tests after | a | C | B | 1 h After | ↑ | Food and drink intake | |||||||||
| Swimmers | (1) 6 Weeks | |||||||||||||||||
| (2) 12 Weeks | ||||||||||||||||||
| (3) 24 Weeks | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carstensen 199418 | 8 | III | Cold pressure study (5 min hand immersion in ice water) | a | A | B: | 30, 60 Min after test | A: ≅ | ||||||||||
| Students | NA | (a) Plasma | NA: ↑ a | |||||||||||||||
| (b) Platelets | : ≅ b | |||||||||||||||||
| Filaire 199622 | 31 F | I | In 24 h (a training day), 6 samples of saliva cortisol were measured. Three groups were compared. | a | C | S | 0.5 h After training | ≅ | ||||||||||
| Handball players | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swimmers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sedentery women | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerra 199624 | 20 F | III | (1) An emotional/violent 45 min film | a | A | B | 15 Min after test | A: ↑ 1 | Time of day (morning), menstrual phase, food intake | |||||||||
| Students | (2) A neutral (Walt Disney) 45 minfilm | NA | NA: ≅ | |||||||||||||||
| C | C: ↑ 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gillberg 198625 | 9 M | I | Activities lasting for 1 h (except running: 45 min), with pre- and after testing of 1 h sitting | a | A | U | 1 h After | A/NA ≅ | Time of day | |||||||||
| Different activities: | NA | |||||||||||||||||
| Lying, sitting, standing, walking, bicycling, running | ||||||||||||||||||
| Häkkinen 199327 | 10 M | I | Heavy resistance training leg extensors: | a | C | B | 1 h After | A: ≅ | Time of day | |||||||||
| Power lifters, body builders, weight lifters | (A) Maximal (20×1RM×100%) | d | B: ↑ | |||||||||||||||
| (B) Submaximal (10×10×70%) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Heitkamp 199628 | 10 F | I | (A) Maximal test treadmill | a | C | B | A: 30, 60 min after | A:30 min ↑ | Food intake, time of day | |||||||||
| Marathon runners | (B) Non-competitive marathon run | b | B: 30, 60 min after | 60 min ≅ | ||||||||||||||
| B: 30 min ↑ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 60 min ↑ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jin 199230 | 48 F | III | A mental and emotional 1 h stress test: 1 h recovery by Tai Chi, brisk walking, Tai Chi meditation, or reading | a | A | U | 1 h | A: after Tai Chi more ↓ | Caffeine and alcohol intake, time of day | |||||||||
| 48 M | Laboratory stress test | NA | U | |||||||||||||||
| C | S | NA: ≅ in all groups | ||||||||||||||||
| C: ↓ in all groups | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kakimoto 198831 | 17 M | III | Day of flying compared to day of ground work; 3 groups: pilots, co-pilots, and flight engineers | d (Ground work) | A | U | Every 2 h | A: ↑ Co-pilots or flight engineers | Time of day | |||||||||
| Nakamura 198932 | Transport aircraft cockpit personnel | NA | NA: ≅ | |||||||||||||||
| Kirschbaum 199533 | 20 M | III | Subjects were exposed to the trier social stress test five times. High responders (H) were compared to low responders (L) | a | C | S | 10, 20, 30 Min after test | 10: ↑ day 1 to 5 (H), day 1 (L) | Time of day, alcohol and nicotine intake, diseases | |||||||||
| Students | 20,30: ↑ day 1 to 5 (H), day 1(L) | |||||||||||||||||
| Kirschbaum 199567 | I : 12 F | III | Women who did or did not use oral contraceptives were compared to men during the trier social stress test | a | C | S | 30 Min after test | I,II: ↑ | Time of day (late afternoon) | |||||||||
| II: 45 F | Students | (M>F−>F+) | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kirschbaum 199668 | 53 F | I | Subjects with or without using oral contraceptives were exposed to bicycle ergometry to subjective exhaustion | a | C | S | 10, 20, 30 Min after test | 10,20: ≅ | Time of day (around noon) | |||||||||
| Students | 30: ↑ Both groups | |||||||||||||||||
| (OC− > OC+) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lac 199736 | 5 M | I | Laboratory 30 min submaximal cycle ergometer test. | d | C | S | 30 Minutes after test | ↑ | Time of day (1000) | |||||||||
| 4 F | Sports students | |||||||||||||||||
| Leino 199569 | 10 M | III | Comparison between simulator flight and real flight | a | A | B | 10 Min after flight | A/NA/C: ≅ | Time of day (1200–1600) | |||||||||
| Military pilots | NA | |||||||||||||||||
| C | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lundberg 199010 | 29 M | III | Mental laboratory tests, male v female and managersv clerical workers | a | A | U | 1 h After test | A ↑ during stress | Time of day (0900–1100 | |||||||||
| 29 F | Managersv clerical workers | NA | NA F ↑ M (managers) | |||||||||||||||
| C | C ↑ during stress | |||||||||||||||||
| Lundberg 199370 | 30 M | III | Two laboratory VDT tests: a stimulating self paces learning task vmachine paced repetitive data entry task | a | A | U | 1 h After test | A: data entry | Time of day (started at 0830) | |||||||||
| Students | NA | ↑ Learning | ||||||||||||||||
| C | NA, C: ≅ | |||||||||||||||||
| Mathur 198640 | 12 M | I | Long distance runners were compared with control non-athletes during bicycle ergometer maximal test | a | C | B | 1 h After test | C: ≅ runners | Time of day (started at 0730 after 30 min rest) | |||||||||
| Long distance runners | ↑ Non-runners | |||||||||||||||||
| Nieman 198943 | 20 M | I | Marathon runners were compared with control non-athletes during a graded maximal treadmill test | a | A | B | 10, 15, 30, 45 Min after test | A : : ≅ | Time of day | |||||||||
| Marathon runners | NA | NA : ≅ | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-athletes | C | C ↑ after 15, 30 min | ||||||||||||||||
| O'Connor 198744 | 8 M | I | 30 Min cycling at 75% of their VO2max | a | C | B | 15 Min after test | C: ↑ in B and S | Time of day (1800–1920) | |||||||||
| Students | d | S | ||||||||||||||||
| Oberbeck 199847 | 8 M | II | A first time tandem parachute jump | a (4 h Before test) | A | B | 1 h After jump | A, NA: ≅ | Time of day: All baseline measurements made at 0800. | |||||||||
| Parachute jumpers | NA | C: ↓ | ||||||||||||||||
| C | ||||||||||||||||||
| Obminsky 199748 | 48 M | III | A routine acceleration test on a centrifuge (radius length—11 m, linear acceleration gradient of 0.2 G/s) for 30–40 s | a | C | S | 15 Min after test | C: ↑ (blood) | Time of day (1100–1200) | |||||||||
| Students military aviation college | B (18 ss) | ↑ (Saliva) | ||||||||||||||||
| Richter 199651 | 43 M | II | Measurements before, during, and after a parachute jump were performed | a | A | B | Until 1 h after jump | A ↑ (5–20 min) | Time of day (1000–1200) | |||||||||
| Parachute jumpers | NA | ≅ (20–60 min) | Blood sampled continuously | |||||||||||||||
| C | NA ↑ (5–20 min) | |||||||||||||||||
| ≅ (20–60 min) | ||||||||||||||||||
| C ↑ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph 199852 | 26 M | I | 30 Min treadmill run at 60% VO2max | a | C | S | 10, 30 Min after test | ≅ 1, 2 | Time of day (1500–1700), food intake | |||||||||
| University cross country runners (1) and control students (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sagnol 198971 | 6 M | I | Ultralong run (24 h) | d | A | B | 10 Min after test | A: ≅ | Time of day (1000) | |||||||||
| 1 F | Long distance runners | NA | NA: ↑ | |||||||||||||||
| Sagnol 199072 | 6 M | I | Triathlon | d | A | B | 10 Min after test | A: ↑ | Time of day (1000) | |||||||||
| Triathlon athletes | NA | NA: ↑ | ||||||||||||||||
| Schnabel 198453 | 10 M | I | An exhaustive short term supramaximal treadmill exercise was performed | a | C | B | C: 15, 30 Min after test | C: ≅ | Time of day (0800–1030) | |||||||||
| Students | ||||||||||||||||||
| Schwartz 199055 | 12 M | I | An exhausting incremental graded steptest and a 1 min anaerobic cycle ergometer exercise were performed | a | A | B | 10/20 Min after test | A: ↑ | Time of day (morning) | |||||||||
| Non-specifically trained subjects | NA | NA: ↑ | ||||||||||||||||
| C | C: :≅ 10, ↑ 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sluiter 199858 | 10 M | III | A long distance trip of three (1,2,3) workdays/nights and one consecutive day off were compared with a (2nd day off) baseline day. Overall means (M) and separate samples were compared with baseline | d | A | U | After work day 2 (11 h), and day 3 (14 h) | A: ↑ (2: 11) | Alcohol, caffeine, nicotine intake | |||||||||
| Long distance coach drivers | NA | ≅(3:14) | ||||||||||||||||
| C | NA: ≅ | |||||||||||||||||
| C: : ≅ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strobel 199359 | 28 M | I | An incremental treadmill test to exhaustion was assessed. Besides plasma free catecholamines, sulfated catecholamines were measured | a | A | B | 30 Min after test | A ≅ | Food, alcohol, and caffeine intake, time of day | |||||||||
| Long distance runners (R) | NA | As ↑ T | ||||||||||||||||
| Triathletes (T) | NA ≅ | |||||||||||||||||
| Controls (C) | NAs ↑ R C T | |||||||||||||||||
Footnotes as for table 1.