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Endocrine Responses to Extreme Sports

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Physiological and psychological adaptation to sport challenges influence the hormonal balance of the body. It is especially true for sportsmen who reach their organisms’ limits. Our knowledge on the endocrine changes provoked by practices of the so-called extreme sports is expanding. Nevertheless only rarely we are able to predict the outcomes of a specific burden in an individual sportsman.

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  1. Division of Sports Medicine, University School of Physical Education, ul. Paderewskiego 35, Wroclaw, 51-612, Poland

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  2. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Isotope Treatment, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

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Jozkow, P., Medras, M. (2017). Endocrine Responses to Extreme Sports. In: Feletti, F. (eds) Extreme Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28265-7_3

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