title: Antithrombotic effects of exercise.
abstract: Regular exercise appears to have antithrombotic effects on the blood. Athlete's anemia, a dilutional pseudoanemia, enhances performance and decreases blood viscosity; it may also decrease platelet adhesion to damaged arteries. Physical conditioning may decrease platelet aggregability. Exercise activates fibrinolysis, and physical fitness seems to enhance the rate of fibrinolysis. The hematologic changes of exercise may help prevent coronary heart disease.
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Eichner
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology*; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010953:Plasma Volume
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins