Influence of hydration and electrolyte supplementation on incidence and time to onset of exercise-associated muscle cramps

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-75

  Jung, Alan P ^a   Bishop, Phillip A ^b   Al Nawwas, Ali ^b   Dale, R Barry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cramping protocol; Environmental physiology; Fatigue; Heat stress; Hypohydration

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ELECTROLYTE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTE INTAKE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE ASSOCIATED MUSCLE CRAMP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME;

EID: 20444416735     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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