Hydration status of rugby league players during home match play throughout the 2008 super league season

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 790-796

  O'Hara, John Paul ^a   Jones, Benjamin Lee ^a   Tsakirides, Costas ^a   Carroll, Sean ^a   Cooke, Carlton Brian ^a   King, Roderick Frederick Gerardus Joseph ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dehydration; Fluid loss; Match play; Osmolality; Rugby league; Voluntary fluid intake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; EXERCISE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATHLETES; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; FOOTBALL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; URINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650291118     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H10-077     Document Type: Article

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