Current hydration guidelines are erroneous: Dehydration does not impair exercise performance in the heat

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1077-1083

  Wall, Bradley A ^a,b   Watson, Greig ^a,c   Peiffer, Jeremiah J ^b   Abbiss, Chris R ^a   Siegel, Rodney ^d,e   Laursen, Paul B ^d,e  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Auckland University of Technology High Performance Sport New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^e AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DEHYDRATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTES; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84938962360     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092417     Document Type: Article

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