Current concepts: Recognition and management of common activity-related gastrointestinal disorders

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-63

  Paluska, Scott A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OAK Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered gastrointestinal motility; Exercise; Gastroesophageal reflux; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALAMAG; ALOH GEL; ALUCAP; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; ANTACID AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CIMETIDINE; DICYCLOVERINE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FAMOTIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LANSOPRAZOLE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; NIZATIDINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; SUCRALFATE; TUMS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXERCISE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEARTBURN; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SPORTS MEDICINE; STOMACH MOTILITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 75749129418     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/PSM.2009.04.1683     Document Type: Article

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