Validity of hydration non-invasive indices during the weightcutting and official weigh-in for Olympic combat sports.

In Olympic combat sports, weight cutting is a common practice aimed to take advantage of competing in weight divisions below the athlete's normal weight. Fluid and food restriction in combination with dehydration (sauna and/or exercise induced profuse sweating) are common weight cut methods. Ho...

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Main Authors: Valentín E Fernández-Elías, Alberto Martínez-Abellán, José María López-Gullón, Ricardo Morán-Navarro, Jesús G Pallarés, Ernesto De la Cruz-Sánchez, Ricardo Mora-Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3989305?pdf=render