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Hydration status of collegiate female basketball players at Southern Utah University
Author(s) -
Schmidt Matthew Christopher,
Walsh Mykel,
Frehner Christopher
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.989.19
Subject(s) - athletes , basketball , medicine , physical therapy , urine , test (biology) , geography , biology , archaeology , paleontology
The purpose was to determine the hydration status in eleven collegiate female basketball players and examine if education would improve hydration status. Urines were collected before and after practice. Urine specific gravities (USG) were used to determine hydration status. Four urine samples were collected in the preseason and averaged. Athletes were unaware of these measurements. It is recommended that athletes begin practice at an USG ≤1.020. The team's average preseason USG was 1.020 at the beginning and 1.024 at the end of practice. Indicating that athletes came to practice minimally dehydrated and left significantly dehydrated. Athletes were aware of their preseason USGs. Education and strategies on proper hydration were provided and athletes were notified of the next USG measurements taken during the regular season. Average USGs for this measurement were 1.017 and 1.018 indicating that athletes entered and left practice minimally dehydrated. A third measurement was taken later in the season and athletes were unaware. This was to test if the improved hydration status in the second measurement would continue. The team's final average USG was 1.018 at the beginning and 1.023 at the end of practice. These findings suggest that education and strategies improved hydration status throughout the season or that subjects better prepared for urine test when they were aware of the measurement.