Elite kenyan endurance runners are hydrated day-to-day with ad libitum fluid intake

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1171-1179

  Fudge, Barry W ^a   Easton, Chris ^a   Kingsmore, David ^a,b   Kiplamai, Festus K ^a,c   Onywera, Vincent O ^a,c   Westerterp, Klaas R ^a,d   Kayser, Bengt ^a,e   Noakes, Timothy D ^a,f   Pitsiladis, Yannis P ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Elite kenyan runners; Sweat rate and composition; Urine osmolality

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; FLUID INTAKE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; KENYA; RECORDING; RUNNING; SODIUM INTAKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL BODY WATER; TRAINING; URINALYSIS; URINE OSMOLALITY; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DRINKING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DRINKING; HUMANS; KENYA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 54049120691     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318169cdda     Document Type: Article

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