Prevalence of exercise-associated hyponatremia in male ultraendurance athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Gnädinger, Markus ^b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Imoberdorf, Reinhard ^c   Kohler, Götz ^d   Ballmer, Peter ^c   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Senn, Oliver ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Chefarzt Klinik für Innere Medizin   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

body weight; fluid; hydration status; hyponatremia; sodium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; EXERCISE ASSOCIATED HYPONATREMIA; FLUID INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; ATHLETES; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; SWIMMING;

EID: 79955636946     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31820cb021     Document Type: Article

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