Higher prevalence of exercise-associated hyponatremia in Triple Iron ultra-triathletes than reported for Ironman triathletes

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1-9

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b State Hospital St Gallen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Electrolyte; Plasma sodium; Ultra endurance

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION; IRON;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE ASSOCIATED HYPONATREMIA; FAT MASS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; PLASMA VOLUME; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE DENSITY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SWIMMING; TOTAL BODY WATER; TRIATHLON; ENDURANCE;

HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; IRON; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREVALENCE; RUNNING;

EID: 84861452067     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2012.BAA010     Document Type: Article

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