In professional sports every day of training counts before competitions. Many sports physicians have therefore been reluctant to discuss flu vaccination because of concerns about side effects, but also because they suspect that it does not work as well for top athletes. That exactly the opposite is the case has now been proven by a research group at the Saarland University led by the sports physician Prof. Tim Meyer and the immunologist and COMM member Prof. Martina Sester. The interdisciplinary research group was able to publish their scientific results in a renowned specialist publication for sports medicine as well as in an international journal for immunology. (Fotos: Tim Meyer, Professor of Sports and Preventive Medicine, UdS – © Universität des Saarlandes; Martina Sester, Professor of Transplantation and Infection Immunology, UdS – © Oliver Dietze)
- Elite athletes on regular training show more pronounced induction of vaccine-specific T-cells and antibodies after tetravalent influenza vaccination than controls. In: Brain, Behavior and Immunity, Vol. 83, Januar 2020, S. 135-145: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159119306518?via%3Dihub
- Timing of vaccination after training: immune response and side effects in athletes. In: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Januar 2020: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/publishahead/Timing_of_Vaccination_after_Training__Immune.96391
UDS press release (02/18/2020)
Vor Wettkämpfen zählt im Leistungssport jeder Trainingstag. Viele Sportärzte waren daher beim Thema Grippeimpfung bisher zurückhaltend aus Sorge vor Nebenwirkungen, aber auch weil sie vermuteten, dass diese bei Spitzensportlern nicht so gut wirkt. Dass genau das Gegenteil der Fall ist, konnte jetzt eine Forschergruppe an der Universität des Saarlandes um Sportmediziner Prof. Tim Meyer und die Immunologin und das COMM-Mitglied Prof. Martina Sester nachweisen. Ihre wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse konnte die interdiszplinäre Forschergruppe sowohl in einer renommierten Fachpublikation für Sportmedizin als auch in einer internationalen Zeitschrift für Immunologie veröffentlichen. (Fotos: Tim Meyer, Professor für Sport und Präventivmedizin, UdS – © Universität des Saarlandes; Martina Sester, Professorin für Transplantations- und Infektionsimmunologie, UdS – © Oliver Dietze)
- Elite athletes on regular training show more pronounced induction of vaccine-specific T-cells and antibodies after tetravalent influenza vaccination than controls. In: Brain, Behavior and Immunity, Vol. 83, Januar 2020, S. 135-145: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159119306518?via%3Dihub
- Timing of vaccination after training: immune response and side effects in athletes. In: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Januar 2020: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/publishahead/Timing_of_Vaccination_after_Training__Immune.96391