Gastrointestinal distress is common during a 161-km ultramarathon

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1814-1821

  Stuempfle, Kristin Jean ^a   Hoffman, Martin Dean ^b  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gastrointestinal symptoms; nausea; ultramarathon running

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENDURANCE; ERUCTATION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ADULT; ERUCTATION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 84936891506     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2015.1012104     Document Type: Article

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