An increased fluid intake leads to feet swelling in 100-km ultra-marathoners - an observational field study

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cejka, Caroline ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Rüst, Christoph A ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluid intake; Hydrations status; Peripheral oedemas; Sodium; Ultra marathon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859181240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-9-11     Document Type: Article

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