Changes in body composition in triathletes during an Ironman race

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2343-2352

  Mueller, Sandro Manuel ^a   Anliker, Elmar ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Knechtle, Beat ^b   Toigo, Marco ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry (DXA); Glycogen; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT)

Indexed keywords

FAT; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ATHLETES; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY INTAKE; FATS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM; RUNNING; SODIUM; SWIMMING;

EID: 84884816627     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2670-3     Document Type: Article

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