Do ultra-runners in a 24-h run really dehydrate?

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-134

  Knechtle, B ^a,b   Wirth, A ^a   Knechtle, P ^a   Rosemann, T ^b   Senn, O ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Fat mass; Fluid intake; Muscle mass; Percent body fat; Performance; Skin fold thickness; Ultra endurance; Ultra marathon

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; FAT BODY; FLUID INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; RELATIVE DENSITY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; URINE;

EID: 79954427515     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-010-0500-8     Document Type: Article

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