Significant and serious dehydration does not affect skeletal muscle cramp threshold frequency

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 710-714

  Braulick, Kyle W ^a   Miller, Kevin C ^a   Albrecht, Jay M ^b   Tucker, Jared M ^c   Deal, James E ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Physical Education   (United States)

^c HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE CRAMPING; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWEAT; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION;

DEHYDRATION; MUSCLE CRAMPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879795010     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091501     Document Type: Article

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