Effects of a 12-week endurance training program on the physiological response to psychosocial stress in men: a randomized controlled trial
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The present study experimentally tested the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis by examining whether endurance exercise training leads to reductions in the physiological stress response to a psychosocial stressor. We randomly assigned 149 healthy men to a 12-week exercise training, relaxation training, or a wait list control group. Before and after intervention we assessed the groups' physical fitness (lactate testing) and compared their physiological stress responses to the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups in terms of salivary free cortisol, heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV); the final sample consisted of 96 subjects. As hypothesized, the exercise training significantly improved fitness and reduced stress reactivity in all three parameters; however, it only improved stress recovery in terms of HR. The relaxation program reduced only cortisol, but not HR or HRV reactivity; no changes emerged for the control group. The findings suggest that the cross-stressor adaptation hypothesis is valid for cardiovascular as well as endocrine stress reactivity.
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Only one study has confirmed that previously inactive participants who engage in a 12-week moderate-level aerobic exercise program show reduced overall SAM-p and HPA-axis responses to a psychosocial stressor task compared to waitlist controls.
“Only one study has confirmed that previously inactive participants who engage in a 12-week moderate-level aerobic exercise program show reduced overall SAM-p and HPA-axis responses to a psychosocial stressor task compared to waitlist controls (Klaperski et al., 2014).”
From The effects of exercise intensity on the cortisol response to a subsequent acute psychosocial stressor. (2021) · cites this paper as Klaperski et al., 2014
The closest work was a randomized control trial demonstrating that an exercise training program reduces stress reactivity to an acute stressor task among healthy individuals.
“The closest work, however, was a randomized control trial demonstrating that an exercise training program reduces stress reactivity to an acute stressor task among healthy individuals (Klaperski et al., 2014).”
From The effects of exercise intensity on the cortisol response to a subsequent acute psychosocial stressor. (2021) · cites this paper as Klaperski et al., 2014
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- Authors
- Klaperski, S., von Dawans, B., Heinrichs, M., & Fuchs, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Klaperski, Sandra
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2014-03-23
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1118-1133
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- OpenAlex
- W2028717253
- Cited by
- 170
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 6.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Keywords
- endurance training, psychosocial stress, stress reactivity, salivary cortisol, heart rate variability, heart rate, relaxation training, Trier Social Stress Test for Groups, stress recovery, physical fitness, men
- MeSH terms
- Exercise Therapy, Heart Rate, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Male, Middle Aged, Physical Fitness, Saliva, Stress, Psychological
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