The impact of making weight on physiological and cognitive processes in elite jockeys

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 399-408

  Dolan, Eimear ^a   Cullen, Sarah Jane ^b   McGoldrick, Adrian ^c   Warrington, Giles D ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c Turf Club   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Dehydration; Jockeys

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEHYDRATION; EATING HABIT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RELATIVE DENSITY; RESPONSE TIME; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING MEMORY; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DEHYDRATION; DIET; ERGOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS; SPORTS NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883733393     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.23.4.399     Document Type: Article

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