ABSTRACT
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
summarise the effects of chronic exercise training on immune function;
describe changes in innate, mucosal and acquired immune function that occur in response to short periods of intensified training in athletes;
discuss associations between impaired immune function in athletes and increased incidence of infectious illness;
describe the effects of overtraining syndrome on immune function and susceptibility to infection;
discuss possible immune markers of impending overtraining.
