The Effect of a 7-Week Training Period on Changes in Skin NADH Fluorescence in Highly Trained Athletes

The study aimed to evaluate the changes of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) fluorescence in the reduced form in the superficial skin layer, resulting from a 7-week training period in highly trained competitive athletes (n = 41). The newly, non-invasive flow mediated skin fluorescence (FMSF)...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 10; no. 15; p. 5133
Main Authors Bugaj, Olga, Kusy, Krzysztof, Kantanista, Adam, Korman, Paweł, Wieliński, Dariusz, Zieliński, Jacek
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2020
Subjects
Adenine
Athletes
Blood pressure
Evaluation
Exercise
Exhaustion
Fitness equipment
Fluorescence
Heart rate
Human mechanics
Laboratories
Mitochondria
mitochondrion
Musculoskeletal system
NADH
Nicotinamide
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Physical fitness
Physical training
Respiration
Skin
Studies
training
Treadmills
Women
Poland
Germany
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Summary:The study aimed to evaluate the changes of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) fluorescence in the reduced form in the superficial skin layer, resulting from a 7-week training period in highly trained competitive athletes (n = 41). The newly, non-invasive flow mediated skin fluorescence (FMSF) method was implemented to indirectly evaluate the mitochondrial activity by NADH fluorescence. The FMSF measurements were taken before and after an exercise treadmill test until exhaustion. We found that athletes showed higher post-training values in basal NADH fluorescence (pre-exercise: 41% increase; post-exercise: 49% increase). Maximum NADH fluorescence was also higher after training both pre- (42% increase) and post-exercise (47% increase). Similar changes have been revealed before and after exercise for minimal NADH fluorescence (before exercise: 39% increase; after exercise: 47% increase). In conclusion, physical training results in an increase in the skin NADH fluorescence levels at rest and after exercise in athletes.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app10155133