Higher prevalence of exercise-associated hyponatremia in female than in male open-water ultra-endurance swimmers: The 'Marathon-Swim' in Lake Zurich

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1095-1106

  Wagner, Sandra ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Ward, Susan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*

Author keywords

Body mass; Electrolyte; Fluid intake; Gender; Sodium

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LAKE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWIMMING; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ATHLETES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LAKES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING; SWITZERLAND; WATER;

EID: 84861528924     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2070-5     Document Type: Article

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