Ad libitum fluid intake leads to no leg swelling in male Ironman triathletes - an observational field study

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Meyer, Michael ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Bürge, Jolanda ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Mrazek, Claudia ^b   Wirth, Andrea ^b   Ellenrieder, Birte ^c   Rüst, Christoph A ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluid consumption; Peripheral oedemata; Renal function; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865572889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-9-40     Document Type: Article

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