Prevalence of gastrointestinal complaints in runners competing in a long-distance run: An internet-based observational study in 1281 subjects

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1477-1482

  Ter Steege, Rinze W F ^a   Van Der Palen, Job ^a   Kolkman, Jeroen J ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Athletes; Blood flow; Exercise; Fluid; Gastrointestinal; Ischaemia; Recovery; Running; Splanchnic; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; ERUCTATION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LIQUID; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHIVERING; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56749096756     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520802321170     Document Type: Article

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