The Relationships between Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport on the Immune System

Pedro Forte; Luís Branquinho; Ricardo Ferraz

doi:10.3390/ijerph19116777

The Relationships between Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport on the Immune System

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 1;19(11):6777. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116777.

Authors

Pedro Forte^{1

2

3}, Luís Branquinho^{1

3

4}, Ricardo Ferraz^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sports, Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal.
² Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.
³ Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.
⁴ CI-ISCE, ISCE Douro, 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.

Abstract

During their lifetime, human beings are exposed to different microorganisms (i [...].

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Exercise
Humans
Immune System
Sports*

Grants and funding

This research was founded by the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro and by national funds (FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) under the project UIBD/DTP/04045/2020.