Mehmet Özal

Acute exercise-related changes in hematological parameters and lymphocyte subsets before and after short‑term rapid weight loss in national‑level wrestlers: a pilot study

Abstract Background Rapid weight loss (RWL) is commonly used by wrestlers to qualify for lower weight categories, but the combined effects of RWL and intense exercise on circulating immune cell profiles, particularly lymphocyte subsets, remain incompletely characterized. This stu...