The critical level of water deficit causing a decrease in human exercise performance: a practical field study

Autor: Taketoshi Morimoto, Akira Yorimoto, Seiichi Nakai, Toshimasa Takanishi, Tetsuya Yoshida
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: European Journal of Applied Physiology. 87:529-534
ISSN: 1439-6327
1439-6319
Popis: To analyse the critical level of water deficit which causes a decrease in aerobic and anaerobic exercise performance, a step test score (STS) and 10 s maximal anaerobic power (MAP) output during cycling exercise were measured in two experiments (Ex-1, n=7, and Ex-2, n=9), before and after baseball practice, using subjects who played regularly. The measurements in both Ex-1 and Ex-2 were repeated under four conditions of fluid ingestion (FI) (FI of 80%, 60%, 40%, and 20% of the total sweat loss) on hot summer days. The subjects were allowed free access to a sports beverage, maintained at 10–15°C, within any given FI condition during the exercise. The [mean (SEM)] duration of the exercise and the environmental conditions (wet bulb globe temperature) were similar between Ex-1 [3.52 (0.14) h and 29.2 (0.6)°C, respectively] and Ex-2 [3.82 (0.12) h and 29.2 (0.4)°C, respectively]. In both Ex-1 and Ex-2, the loss of body mass (Δm b) increased significantly as FI decreased. In Ex-1, the STS significantly decreased (P
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