The acute phase response and exercise: court and field sports

Objective—To determine the presence or absence of an acute phase response after training for court and field sports. Participants—All members of the Australian women9s soccer team (n = 18) and all members of the Australian Institute of Sport netball team (n = 14). Methods—Twelve acute phase reactants (white blood cell count, neutrophil count, platelet count, serum iron, ferritin, and transferrin, percentage transferrin...