Body composition and hydration status changes in male and female open-water swimmers during an ultra-endurance event

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1003-1013

  Weitkunat, Tim ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fat mass; hydration status; skeletal muscle mass; ultra endurance

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DRINKING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA VOLUME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DRINKING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLASMA VOLUME; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM; SWIMMING; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84862194552     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.682083     Document Type: Article

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