A multi-stage ultra-endurance run over 1,200 km leads to a continuous accumulation of total body water

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-364

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Duff, Brida ^a   Schulze, Ingo ^a   Kohler, Götz ^c  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body fat; Body mass; Dehydration; Skeletal muscle mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249093456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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