title: Comparison of peripheral sudomotor sensitivity to acetylcholine in endurance and non-endurance trained male subjects.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We investigated the effect of endurance and non-endurance training on peripheral sudomotor sensitivity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test (QSART) was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Endurance-trained subjects (ET, long-distance runners) had a significantly shorter onset time of sweating, greater sweat volume, increased density of activated sweat glands and sweat gland output per single activated gland, greater volume of transepidermal water loss, and higher skin temperature compared with those in the other 2 groups [non-endurance-trained group (NET), sedentary control group (CT)]. NET subjects (baseball players) had a tendency to increase in these variables; thus, some values were greater than control subjects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that endurance training much more effectively modifies sudomotor sensitivity than non-endurance training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Healthcare, Global Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Oh
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jeong Beom
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000328:Adult; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D001490:Basketball / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007478:Iontophoresis; D008297:Male; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D012018:Reflex; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D012881:Skin Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D013546:Sweating / Q000187:drug effects*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014870:Water Loss, Insensible / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D000109:Acetylcholine
keywords: QSART; acetylcholine; axon reflex; endurance training; sudomotor; sweat