title: Immune responses (CD4 and CD8) to acute vibration stress.
abstract: The aim of the experiments was to observe whether or not there is an immune system reaction to vibration stress. Three vibration frequencies were randomly given to 6 male volunteers. The 63 Hz vibration frequency produced a significant decrease in the ratio of CD4 T-cell to CD8 T-cell. This finding suggests that acute vibration stress suppresses the immune system activity in humans body.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000276:immunology*; D014732:Vibration