Cicloviaggio a Capo Nord di un atleta master in eu-stress ossidativo

In this work, the measurements of some biomarkers of ox-inflammation are described in an athlete over seventy years old who completed a bicycle trip of more than 4000 km in 36 steps. The biomarkers allowed to describe the oxidative picture during and after the trip and to evaluate the effects of the preparation phase that preceded it. Only after many days of intense muscular work did the relationship between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant barrier begin to change reaching the physiological threshold, subjective and not univocally fixed, that divides eu-stress from oxidative di-stress. Although it is not possible to exclude possible confounding factors such as nutrition and climatic conditions, the measurements of the ox-inflammation markers have demonstrated, with the rapid return to oxidative balance after arrival, that the planning of the project were adequate to the athlete’s capabilities.