Recent COVID-19 vaccination has minimal effects on the physiological responses to graded exercise in physically active healthy people
Helena Batatinha, Forrest L. Baker, Kyle A. Smith, Tiffany M. Zúñiga, Charles R. Pedlar, Shane C. Burgess, Emmanuel Katsanis, Richard J. Simpson
Abstract
Recent COVID-19 vaccination does not affect a large number of physiological responses to graded exercise, indicating that vaccination is unlikely to impair exercise capacity in normal healthy people. Heart rate and norepinephrine levels were elevated in response to exercise after the two-dose Pfizer mRNA vaccination compared to controls. Small elevations in cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses to exercise after recent COVID-19 vaccination could have implications for exercise performance in elite athletes and warrants investigation.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineVaccinationHeart rateAthletesEpinephrineRespiratory exchange ratioRespiratory systemRegimenVO2 maxInternal medicinePhysical therapyAnesthesiaBlood pressureImmunologyCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchExercise and Physiological Responses