ABSTRACT
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
describe the effects of a single bout of exercise on the total number of leukocytes and their subsets in peripheral blood;
understand the mechanisms by which discrete leukocyte subsets are selectively deployed into the blood and tissues in response to a single bout of exercise;
explain some of the factors known to affect the leukocyte response to acute exercise including training status, intensity and duration of the exercise bout, fitness level, age, nutritional status and infection history;
describe the effects of exercise training on the total number of leukocytes and the composition of leukocyte subtypes in resting blood.
