Background: COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the problem of physical
inactivity and weight gain. Consequently, new strategies to counteract weight
gain are being sought. Because of their accessibility, interval training and cold
therapy are the most popular such strategies. We here aimed to examine the effect
of 6 units of high-intensity interval training (HIIT), applied alone or in
combination with 10 sessions of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC; 3 min at –110
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Short and long-term effects of high-intensity interval training applied alone or with whole-body cryostimulation on glucose homeostasis and myokine levels in overweight to obese subjects
Marta Kozłowska-Flis1, Ewa Rodziewicz-Flis2, Katarzyna Micielska3, Jakub Kortas4, Joanna Jaworska3, Andżelika Borkowska5, Veronica Sansoni6, Silvia Perego6, Giovanni Lombardi6,7, Ewa Ziemann7,*
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Department of Physiology, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, 80-336 Gdansk, Poland
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Department of Physiotherapy, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, 80-336 Gdansk, Poland
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Department of Physical Education and Lifelong Sports, Poznan University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznan, Poland
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Department of Health and Natural Science, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, 80-336 Gdansk, Poland
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Department of Bioenergetics and Physiology of Exercise, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland
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Laboratory of Experimental Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi (IRCCS), 20161 Milano, Italy
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Department of Athletics, Strength and Conditioning, Poznan University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznan, Poland
*Correspondence: ziemann@awf.poznan.pl (Ewa Ziemann)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2021, 26(11), 1132–1146;
https://doi.org/10.52586/5015
Submitted: 4 October 2021 | Revised: 3 November 2021 | Accepted: 4 November 2021 | Published: 30 November 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by BRI.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Fibroblast growth factor 21
Adiponectin
Cold exposure
Physical activity
COVID-19
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