Precompetition weight loss and changes in vascular fluid volume in NCAA Division I college wrestlers

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 138-145

  Yankanich, John ^a   Kenney, W Larry ^a   Fleck, Steven J ^b   Kraemer, William J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sports Science Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood volume; Dehydration; Water loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032373912     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199808000-00002     Document Type: Article

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