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The Hydration Status Of Female Collegiate Soccer Players Over Consecutive Training And Match Days, Holly E. Clarke, Rebekah S. Carpenter, Katie Spain-Mansmann, James Kyle Taylor, Matthew M. Schubert
The Hydration Status Of Female Collegiate Soccer Players Over Consecutive Training And Match Days, Holly E. Clarke, Rebekah S. Carpenter, Katie Spain-Mansmann, James Kyle Taylor, Matthew M. Schubert
Kinesiology and Health Promotion Graduate Research
Purpose: Hydration has been shown to play a pivotal role in sport. Soccer is a team sport in which the integrity of all players is vital for team performance; thus, individual player hydration status is important. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the hydration status of female collegiate soccer players during regular season.
Methods: Sixteen collegiate female soccer players (age: 20.4 ± 0.8 years; height: 163.6 ± 6.9 cm; weight: 65.3 ± 12 kg) provided urine over 9 days to monitor their hydration status. Hydration was determined by urine specific gravity (Usg). Usg was …