Bonislawska Iwona

@iwona.bonislawska@awf.gda.pl

department of physical education
Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport

Bonislawska Iwona


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  • The level of physical activity and the feeling of stress among women in difficult life situations among refugees from Ukraine
    Bartosz Gondek, Iwona Bonisławska, Milena Lachowicz
    Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, 2026
    Background: Russia's attack on Ukraine in February 2022 started the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II. In the face of danger, crowds of civilians decided to leave their homes and escape, among others, to Poland in search of shelter. Materials and methods: The research was conducted on groups of refugees from Ukraine who registered in the first days of the war in Sopot and Pruszcz Gdanski. The refugees came from Kharkov, Mariupol, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and western Ukraine (not involved in hostilities). People from the war zone areas mostly came with only hand luggage. The respondents were divided into two groups: physically active persons (PAP) and physically inactive persons (PIP). The study utilized an original questionnaire of subjective stress assessment covering a group of 77 women – refugees from Ukraine. The questionnaire contained 10 questions related to sociodemographic factors and 20 expressions regarding the level of stress already after arriving in Poland. Results: It was observed that the feeling of stress after arriving in Poland was significantly different (p < 0.05) between the groups of physically active persons (PAP) and physically inactive persons (PIP). There were no statistically significant differences in the other factors related to the components of the perceived distress (depression, resentment, worrying about something bad happening, worrying about oneself and one’s family, worrying about the future, anxiousness, being upset, jitteriness, feeling "worked up", concern). Conclusions: According to the survey declarations, all refugees feel the stress of war and escape, but PAP feel it less in terms of tension. In the situation of a threat such as the ongoing war, higher physical activity does not guarantee the elimination of all components of distress.
  • Effects of 8-Week Online, Supervised High-Intensity Interval Training on the Parameters Related to the Anaerobic Threshold, Body Weight, and Body Composition during Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
    Hongli Yu, Rita Santos-Rocha, Łukasz Radzimiński, Zbigniew Jastrzębski, Iwona Bonisławska, et al.
    Nutrients, 2022
    We aimed to assess the effects of an 8-week, online high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program on the parameters related to the anaerobic threshold (AT), body weight, and body composition in pregnant women. A total of 69 Caucasian women with an uncomplicated singleton pregnancy (age: 31 ± 4 years; gestational age: 22 ± 5 weeks; mean ± standard deviation) were randomly allocated to either an 8-week HIIT program (HIIT group) or to a comparative 8-week educational program (EDU group). Our most important finding was that even with the 8-week progression of pregnancy and physiological weight gain, the HIIT group maintained the same level of parameters related to AT: volume of oxygen at the AT (VO2/AT), percentage of maximal oxygen uptake at the AT (%VO2max/AT), and heart rate at the AT (HR/AT). In contrast, in the EDU group we observed a substantial deterioration of parameters related to the AT. The HIIT intervention substantially reduced the fat mass percentage (median: 30 to 28%; p < 0.01) and improved the total fat-free mass percentage (median: 70% to 72%; p < 0.01). In the EDU group, the body composition did not change significantly. An online, supervised HIIT program may be used to prevent the pregnancy-related risk of excessive weight gain and reduction in exercise capacity without yielding adverse obstetric or neonatal outcomes.
  • Changes in serum iron and leukocyte mRNA levels of genes involved in iron metabolism in amateur marathon runners—effect of the running pace
    Agata Grzybkowska, Katarzyna Anczykowska, Wojciech Ratkowski, Piotr Aschenbrenner, Jędrzej Antosiewicz, et al.
    Genes, 2019
    Iron is essential for physical activity due to its role in energy production pathways and oxygen transportation via hemoglobin and myoglobin. Changes in iron-related biochemical parameters after physical exercise in athletes are of substantial research interest, but molecular mechanisms such as gene expression are still rarely tested in sports. In this paper, we evaluated the mRNA levels of genes related to iron metabolism (PCBP1, PCBP2, FTL, FTH, and TFRC) in leukocytes of 24 amateur runners at four time points: before, immediately after, 3 h after, and 24 h after a marathon. We measured blood morphology as well as serum concentrations of iron, ferritin, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Our results showed significant changes in gene expression (except for TFRC), serum iron, CRP, and morphology after the marathon. However, the alterations in mRNA and protein levels occurred at different time points (immediately and 3 h post-run, respectively). The levels of circulating ferritin remained stable, whereas the number of transcripts in leukocytes differed significantly. We also showed that running pace might influence mRNA expression. Our results indicated that changes in the mRNA of genes involved in iron metabolism occurred independently of serum iron and ferritin concentrations.
  • Anti-inflammatory effect on genesexpression after four days of qigong training in peripheral mononuclear blood cells in healthy women
    Paweł Półrola, Magdalena Wilk-Franczuk, Jacek Wilczyński, Grażyna Nowak – Starz, Jolanta Góral-Półrola, et al.
    Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2018
    INTRODUCTION Some studies have shown the influence of Qigong on gene expression in different cells, but there is little data associated with the influence of this kind of therapy on genes expression in pheripheral monocellucar blood cells. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in the expression of genes associated with cellular stress response in peripheral mononuclear blood cells (PMBC) in healthy women. MATERIAL AND METHODS The experiment took place at the Japanese Martial Arts Centre "DOJO" in Stara Wieś, Poland, conducted over the course of a 4-day qigong training session. To evaluate the genes effect of this training, blood samples were taken before and after the training period. This experiment involved 20 healthy women (aged 56.2±9.01, body height 164.8±6.5 and mass 65.5±8.2). To determine the expression of HSF-1, HSPA1A, NF-kB, IL10 and CCL2 mRNA, 3 ml of venous blood was collected. The blood samples were placed in tubes allowing for separation (BD Vacutainer CPT TM) before and after the 4 days of qigong training. Isolated PMBC were used to determine gene expression using real-time qRT-PCR (quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction). RESULTS Significant decreases in NF-kB and CCL2 mRNA and increases in IL10, HSF1 and HSPA1A m-RNA were detected after 4 days of qigong training. The obtained findings suggest that qigong caused a reduction in the inflammatory and intensified anti-inflammatory gene expression, as well as a higher expression of HSF-1 and HSPA1A. CONCLUSIONS The adaptive response to qigong training was similar to the adaptive response to physical activity and was detected through gene expression in PMBC. Furthermore, this kind of training is especially indicated for women because of their higher susceptibility to psychosocial stress when compared to men.