Are splanchnic hemodynamics related to the development of gastrointestinal symptoms in ironman triathletes? a prospective cohort study

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-343

  Wright, Helen ^a   Collins, Malcolm ^a,b,c   Villiers, Richard De ^d   Schwellnus, Martin P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

blood flow; coeliac artery; superior mesenteric artery; ultrasound triathlon

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOATING; CELIAC ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIATHLON; VELOCITY; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 79960265613     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31822148b8     Document Type: Article

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