Special Issue "Update on Hydration during Endurance Events"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2053
Special Issue Editor
Interests: exercise physiology; muscle damage; hypoxia, hydration and cardiovascular alterations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Total body water is essential to the physiological function of the human body, especially during endurance exercise in warm environments, where a dehydration state can be reached rapidly. Factors such as physical condition, individual sweats, temperature, and hydration strategy lead to a state of dehydration much more easily. Athletes who lose as little as 1–2% of their body mass through sweat loss exhibit an increase in heart rate, core temperature, muscle glycogen use, as well as a decrease in cardiac output, cognitive awareness, anaerobic power, and time to exhaustion. Moreover, recent studies have indicated that even lower levels of dehydration (–1%) provoke unfavorable changes in athletic performance. However, overdrinking is just as undesirable, as it could generate a decrease in sodium levels, inducing a state of hyponatremia.
Thus, the goal of drinking during exercise should be to prevent a body mass loss of –2% without overdrinking. To evade these issues, athletes must establish a liquid consumption strategy during competitions or training. In recent years, there have been two trends in the area of sports rehydration, drinking when thirsty and/or ad libitum drinking. Scientists have yet to reach a consensus on what constitutes an appropriate fluid replacement strategy during exercise.
Thus, this Special Issue aims to provide an overview of the most recent developments in the field of hydration programs, mainly on changes in essential physiological systems, health, and sports performance. We welcome different types of manuscript submissions, including original research articles and up-to-date reviews.
Dr. Jerónimo Aragón-Vela
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydration programs
- exercise performance
- physiology
- dehydration
- heat illness
- thirst sensation
- fluid balance
