CHARACTERIZATION OF THE IMMUNE STATUS OF YOUNG HOCKEY PLAYERS PUBERTY

Relevance. In modern publications, sufficient attention is paid to the study of the cellular composition of peripheral blood and the immune status of athletes. These studies are carried out at various stages of the training process in order to establish a connection between the registered changes and the nature and severity of muscle loads. The available literature data mainly relate to the indicators of the immunity of adult athletes involved in various sports, recorded at various stages of training and characterizing the adaptation to muscular load. The state of the immune system largely determines the success of a sports career in modern sports. Aim of the study: to assess the immune profile (cellular and humoral link) of pubertal hockey players at the beginning of the preparatory stage of the training period. Materials and methods. To assess the immune profile (cellular and humoral link) of pubertal hockey players at the beginning of the preparatory stage of the training period, the relative and absolute content of lymphocytes was studied by the method of immunophenotyping with the determination of their subpopulation composition (CD3 +, CD3 + CD4 +, CD3 + CD8 +; CD3- CD16 + CD56 +, CD19 +, CD4 + / CD8 +), and by turbidimetry - specific proteins (immunoglobulins A, G, M). Results. The obtained values of the studied indicators did not differ from those of adolescents who do not go in for sports, and generally fit into the age norms. Isolated cases of deviations are associated with the characteristics of the morbidity of the examined adolescents. The recorded immune profile of athletes will be used as reference values during the continuation of the study (at the end of the pre-competition and post-competition periods), the purpose of which is to monitor the impact of the training process on the immunity of athletes of puberty. The obtained values of the studied indicators do not differ from those in the control and, fit into the age norms. In conclusion, the authors come to the conclusion that it is possible to use the recorded immune profile of athletes as reference values during the continuation of the study (at the end of the preparatory stage and at the end of the competitive period), the purpose of which will be to assess the impact of the training process on the immunity of athletes of puberty.