Effect of exercise on mouth-to-cecum transit in trained athletes: A case against the role of runners' abdominal bouncing

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-274

  Kayaleh, R A ^a   Meshkinpour, H ^a,b   Avinashi, A ^a   Tamadon, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aerobic exercise; gastrointestinal motility; running

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CECUM; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTULOSE; MALE; MOUTH; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATION; REST; RUNNING; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030483066     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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