ELECTROLYTE AND PLASMA CHANGES AFTER INGESTION OF PICKLE JUICE, WATER, AND A COMMON CARBOHYDRATE-ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION

Context:nHealth care professionals advocate that athletes who are susceptible to exercise-associated muscle cramps (EAMCs) should moderately increase their fluid and electrolyte intake by drinking sport drinks. Some clinicians have also claimed drinking small volumes of pickle juice effectively relieves acute EAMCs, often alleviating them within 35 seconds. Others fear ingesting pickle juice will enhance dehydration-induced [...]

EXERCISE-ASSOCIATED HYPONATREMIA

Disorders of serum sodium occur commonly in athletes participating in endurance sports. The most life-threatening of these is hyponatremia, which can occur in as many as 2% to 7% of participants. Exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH) is caused by a combination of excessive water or hypotonic fluid intake as well as high levels of arginine vasopressin, which [...]

FLUID CHANGES DURING PREGNANCY: USE OF BIOIMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY

The increase in body water during pregnancy is responsible for the largest portion of weight gain and is of interest of clinical practitioners. However, assessing changes in body fluids is not easily accomplished during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy for estimating fluid volumes before, during, [...]

By |2013-01-31T18:34:20+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Assessment methodologies, Scientific papers|0 Comments

EXPANDED PREDICTION EQUATIONS OF HUMAN SWEAT LOSS AND WATER NEEDS

The Institute of Medicine expressed a need for improved sweating rate (msw) prediction models that calculate hourly and daily water needs based on metabolic rate, clothing, and environment. More than 25 years ago, the original Shapiro prediction equation (OSE) was formulated as msw (g.m(-2).h(-1))=27.9.Ereq.(Emax)(-0.455), where Ereq is required evaporative heat loss and Emax is maximum [...]

By |2013-01-31T18:34:20+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Exercise and sport, Scientific papers|0 Comments

RESTING METABOLIC RATE AND BODY COMPOSITION OF HEALTHY SWEDISH WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY

Body weight, resting metabolic rate (RMR), total body potassium (TBK), and total body water were measured and total body fat (TBF) was calculated in a longitudinal study of 22 pregnant, healthy Swedish women. Measurements were made before pregnancy, at gestational weeks 16-18, 30, and 36, and 5-10 d and 6 mo postpartum. RMR increased more [...]

By |2013-01-31T18:34:19+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Pregnancy and infancy, Scientific papers|0 Comments