Effects of national team camping period of teakwondo sportswomen on some haematological and biochemical parameters

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of camping period on some haematological and biological parameters of high class elite teakwondo sportswomen. 15 sportswomen whose average age was 22.26 years, average height was 171.07 cm, and average weight was 62.03 before and 60.90 kg after the camp were taken as the subjects in the study. A four-week training programme was applied to the subjects. There was significant increase in HGB, HCT, PLT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, AST, ALT, and glucose of the subjects (P<0.05), and a significant decrease in their cholesterol levels (P<0.05), and there was no statistical difference in their WBC, RBC, PLT and uric levels (P<0.05). SPSS package programme was implemented in order to analyse the data statistically, and a dependent `t? test was conducted. It was determined that the training caused no difference in WBC levels and the insignificant difference was caused by intravenous haemolysis caused by intense training and the significant increase in HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC, and PLT levels (P<0.05) was caused by the nervous system activation caused by the agents causing stress putting the body under force and pressure through hypoxic conditions appeared just after intense training and transfer of blood with high heamatocrit to the circular circulation from splanic circulation together with heamoconcentration mechanism. It was also determined that the significant decrease (P<0.05) in the cholesterol level and the absence of difference in triglyceride level (P<0.05) was caused by the increased lipoprotein lipase interaction in the muscles and fat tissues during the exercises, and the energy consumption was caused by the use of blood lipids and free fat acids in exercises. It was determined that the significant increase (P<0.05) in blood glucose level was caused by reach of sympathetic nerve stimulus to adrenal medulla and that, therefore, the increase in catecholamine increased the blood glucose level. The insignificant increase in uric levels was caused by intense trainings that affect the protein metabolism which caused an increase in blood uric level and the oxygen intake during the trainings caused that increase. The degeneration in the muscle as a result of extreme force during the exercises caused a significant increase in ALT and AST levels (P<0.05). It can be said that the data obtained are in the normal change limits and thus there is no risk for the sportswomen regarding the parameters obtained. Key words: Training, Haematology, Biochemistry.