Gastrointestinal complaints during exercise: Prevalence, etiology, and nutritional recommendations

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  De Oliveira, Erick Prado ^a   Burini, Roberto Carlos ^b   Jeukendrup, Asker ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c GATORADE SPORTS SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

DIET; DRINKING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIET; DRINKING; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREVALENCE; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SPORTS NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84904984122     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0153-2     Document Type: Article

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