Pre-exercise hypohydration prevalence in soccer players: A quantitative systematic review
Chapelle L, Tassignon B, Rommers N, Mertens E, Mullie P, Clarys P
European journal of sport science · 16 citations
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How it was studied
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- Systematic review (indexed by PubMed)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
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- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2019-09-17 · Eur J Sport Sci · vol. 20 · issue 6 · pp. 744–755
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Cited
- 26 citations · more than 46% of similar papers · 0.3× the field average
- References
- 59 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Muscle metabolism and nutrition · Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Keywords
- Medicine, Context (archaeology), Physical therapy, Urine, Internal medicine, Biology
- MeSH
- urine, humans, dehydration, urinalysis, prevalence, cohort studies, cross-sectional studies, sex factors, osmolar concentration, specific gravity, soccer, female, male, athletic performance, bias
6 authors
From BE
- Laurent Chapelle · correspondingVrije Universiteit Brussel
- Bruno TassignonVrije Universiteit Brussel; Pain in Motion
- Nikki RommersVrije Universiteit Brussel; Research Foundation - Flanders; Ghent University
- Elaina MertensVrije Universiteit Brussel; Erasmus University College Brussels
- Patrick MullieVrije Universiteit Brussel
- Peter ClarysVrije Universiteit Brussel
Abstract
Pre-exercise hypohydration can impair soccer performance and has been extensively studied in different soccer populations. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review was to report hypohydration prevalence, measured by blood or urine samples, in different soccer populations based on sex (males and females), performance level (professional and recreational players) and context (training sessions and games). The Pubmed, Web of Science and SPORTDiscus databases were systematically searched until November 2018. Data were pooled to compare hypohydration prevalence between the different subgroups. Following the systematic search selection process, 24 studies were included. The results indicated that overall pre-exercise hypohydration prevalence was 63.3%, 37.4% and 58.8% for urine specific gravity (USG), urine osmolality (U Osm) and urine colour, respectively. Furthermore, no study implemented blood samples to examine hypohydration prevalence in soccer players. The subgroup analyses using USG data indicated that pre-exercise hypohydration prevalence was significantly higher amongst males (66.0%; p = 0.001), professional soccer players (66.2%; p = 0.020) and before a training session (79.6%; p p = 0.023). Based on these results, it can be concluded that hypohydration prevalence in soccer players is of major concern. Future research should explore how pre-exercise hydration status can be improved in a sustainable way.
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