Habitual and acute exercise effects on salivary biomarkers in response to psychosocial stress

Wunsch, Kathrin; Wurst, Ramona; Dawans, Bernadette von; Strahler, Jana; Kasten, Nadine; Fuchs, Reinhard

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.03.015

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“…The results of our study did not support the hypothesis that practicing regular physical activity buffers and reduces the time course of the autonomic response to acute stressors in physical and cognitive domains (cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis) [26]. This generalizes the notion that sAA stress responses are not influenced by habitual physical activity from younger adulthood [29] to late-middle-aged and older adulthood. In fact, the number of daily steps habitually performed did not explain inter-individual differences in autonomic response to either of the locomotor, cognitive or locomotor-cognitive tasks.…”

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“…The evidence on sAA is inconsistent and limited to young and middle-aged individuals’ responses to social-evaluative stressors [27,28]. A recent study failed to find moderation of the acute sAA response to stressors by habitual physical activity levels [29].…”

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“…The second aim was to investigate whether habitual physical activity, measured as daily steps [30], influences the autonomic response to locomotor-cognitive dual-tasking and its tuning to the subjective perception of effort. We tested whether the absence of moderation of sAA responsiveness by physical activity level found in young adults [29] generalizes to late-middle-aged and older adults. Alternatively, according to the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis, being active may reduce the autonomic response to locomotor-cognitive DT performance (i.e., lower change in sAA concentration and faster return to baseline).…”

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Autonomic Stress Response and Perceived Effort Jointly Inform on Dual Tasking in Aging

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The study investigated, through neuroendocrinological, subjective and behavioral assessments, how aging individuals cope with locomotor-cognitive dual-tasking and whether physical activity habits influence the acute response to locomotor-cognitive performance. Seventy-nine healthy participants aged 55–85 years were assessed on locomotor (gait speed, stride length) and cognitive (working memory) performances under single- and dual-task (ST, DT) conditions, and habitual physical activity (daily steps). Rating of perceived exertion (RPE) was assessed immediately after performance. Salivary α-amylase (sAA) was measured prior, immediately and 5 min after performance. Gait and working memory variables, the area under the curve of sAA (AUC) and DT–ST differences (DT effects) were computed. AUC was higher when the ST or DT performance involved a locomotor component and showed a pre-to-post increment after DT only, whereas RPE was higher when performance involved a cognitive component. Daily steps neither predicted sAA, nor RPE. Associations between DT effects on sAA, RPE and performance emerged in high-active participants only. In aging individuals, DT walking elicits an autonomic stress response presumably led by the challenge to share resources relying upon common neural substrates. This autonomic response seems tuned to gait performance and subjective evaluation of effort in those more accustomed to walking.

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“…The inconsistency of this reaction with HR reactivity may be explained by the flexibility of the cardiovascular system, manifesting in an easy return to initial HR values after a physically and/or psychologically stressful event [35]. Indeed, in their recent study, Wunsch et al proved that the effects of stress on salivary ANS and HPA markers do not seem to be related [36]. Both the ANS and the HPA axis are distinct physiological systems that are involved in the human response to stress, although there are some interrelations between these systems.…”

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Female Volleyball Players Are More Prone to Cortisol Anticipatory Stress Response than Sedentary Women

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Background and Objectives: Top-level sports performance places heavy physical and psychological demands on elite-level athletes, which can be a source of increased levels of stress. Therefore, high-level volleyball players may present altered cardiovascular and endocrinological stress response during stressful events. Although many previous studies have examined the response to stress on athletes, most of them regarded only males, while the impact of the female menstrual cycle has rarely been taken into account. We aimed to study psychophysiological response to anticipatory stressor through analysis of heart rate, self-reported anxiety level, and salivary cortisol in healthy young female athletes by minimalizing the effect of confounders. Materials and Methods: A total of 55 females (25 members of the best league for female volleyball players in Poland and 30 sedentary-lifestyle control subjects) in the follicular phase of their menstrual cycle were exposed to mental arithmetic tasks as an experimental imitation of the stressor. Volleyball players were significantly taller than sedentary individuals (177.1 ± 3.4 cm vs. 173.3 ± 3.4 cm, respectively, p = 0.034), but did not differ in weight (73.6 ± 5.2 kg vs. 70 ± 4.23 kg, respectively, p = 0.081), body mass index (BMI) (23.5 ± 1.13 vs. 24.1 ± 1.45, respectively, p = 0.060), and age (22 ± 1.11 vs. 23 ± 1.14 years, respectively, p = 0.2). Their stress responses were assessed through self-reported anxiety levels and physiological measurements of salivary cortisol concentrations and heart rate (HR). Results: For HR, significant effects of time (F(2,120) = 21.34, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.26) were found, but not for training status (F(1,60) = 2.69, p = 0.106, η2 = 0.04). For cortisol levels, the analysis showed the main effects of time (F(3,180) = 11.73, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.16) and training status (F(1,60) = 4.69, p = 0.034, η2 = 0.07) and a significant interaction between training status and time (F(3,180) = 3.07, p = 0.029, η2 = 0.05). Post-hoc analyses showed higher cortisol concentrations among volleyball players following the math task (all p < 0.001), as well as higher cortisol concentrations in S2, S3, and S4 compared to S1 in volleyball players (all p < 0.001). We observed also a significant increase in state anxiety in both groups (all p < 0.001), but no differences in state anxiety levels between groups. Conclusion: Female volleyball players may not differ in subjective graduation of stressors; however, exposure to training-based stressors seems to promote cortisol response to the anticipated stressor.

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“…While this has often been demonstrated for regular exercise (Mücke et al, 2018), only few studies investigated such effects after a single exercise bout. Three relatively recent studies investigated the effects of acute exercise on physiological stress reactivity in young adults (Zschucke et al, 2015;Wood et al, 2018;Wunsch et al, 2019). Interestingly, although these studies differed largely with regard to exercise type (walking vs. bicycle ergometer vs. treadmill), exercise intensity (moderate walking vs. 70% of their individual maximum load vs. 60-70% of maximum oxygen uptake), time delay from exercise to stressor (30 min vs. 10 min vs. 90 min delay), stress task (TSST-G vs. Montreal Imaging Stress Task), and control task (passive control vs. light stretching), they consistently reported attenuated cortisol and/or alpha-amylase reactivity in the exercise group, compared to the control group.…”

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The Influence of an Acute Exercise Bout on Adolescents’ Stress Reactivity, Interference Control, and Brain Oxygenation Under Stress

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Habitual and acute exercise effects on salivary biomarkers in response to psychosocial stress

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References 48 publications

Autonomic Stress Response and Perceived Effort Jointly Inform on Dual Tasking in Aging

Autonomic Stress Response and Perceived Effort Jointly Inform on Dual Tasking in Aging

Female Volleyball Players Are More Prone to Cortisol Anticipatory Stress Response than Sedentary Women

The Influence of an Acute Exercise Bout on Adolescents’ Stress Reactivity, Interference Control, and Brain Oxygenation Under Stress

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