A faster running speed is associated with a greater body weight loss in 100-km ultra-marathoners

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1131-1140

  Knechtle, Beat ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Wirth, Andrea ^a   Alexander Rüst, Christoph ^b   Rosemann, Thomas ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

electrolyte; Fluid metabolism; hydration status; urine specific gravity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WATER; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING; ENDURANCE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RELATIVE DENSITY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URINE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WATER; DRINKING; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SODIUM; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; URINE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84864566289     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.692479     Document Type: Article

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