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Ad libitum fluid intake leads to no leg swelling in male Ironman triathletes – an observational field study

BACKGROUND: An association between fluid intake and limb swelling has been described for 100-km ultra-marathoners. We investigated a potential development of peripheral oedemata in Ironman triathletes competing over 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.2 km running. METHODS: In 15 male Ironman tri...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Michael, Knechtle, Beat, Bürge, Jolanda, Knechtle, Patrizia, Mrazek, Claudia, Wirth, Andrea, Ellenrieder, Birte, Rüst, Christoph Alexander, Rosemann, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3524467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1550-2783-9-40