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Biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra-marathon races, with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia
Fats and carbohydrates are the major fuels utilized during exercise and it has been suggested that carbohydrate depletion is the cause of exhaustion during prolonged exercise lasting more than two hours. However, there is some disagreement in the literature as to whether this exhaustion is due eithe...
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| author | McArthur, Penelope S |
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| description | Fats and carbohydrates are the major fuels utilized during exercise and it has been suggested that carbohydrate depletion is the cause of exhaustion during prolonged exercise lasting more than two hours. However, there is some disagreement in the literature as to whether this exhaustion is due either to muscle glycogen depletion or to hypoglycaemia secondary to liver glycogen depletion. I therefore undertook three studies to determine the roles of hypoglycaemia in explaining fatigue in marathon and ultra-marathon runners. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/25628 Biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra-marathon races, with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia McArthur, Penelope S Noakes, Timothy Sports Science Fats and carbohydrates are the major fuels utilized during exercise and it has been suggested that carbohydrate depletion is the cause of exhaustion during prolonged exercise lasting more than two hours. However, there is some disagreement in the literature as to whether this exhaustion is due either to muscle glycogen depletion or to hypoglycaemia secondary to liver glycogen depletion. I therefore undertook three studies to determine the roles of hypoglycaemia in explaining fatigue in marathon and ultra-marathon runners. 2017-10-12T08:40:51Z 2017-10-12T08:40:51Z 1984 2017-07-13T10:19:44Z Master Thesis Masters MSc (Med) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25628 eng application/pdf MRC/UCT RU for Exercise and Sport Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Sports Science McArthur, Penelope S Biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra-marathon races, with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra-marathon races, with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia |
| title_full | Biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra-marathon races, with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia |
| title_fullStr | Biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra-marathon races, with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra-marathon races, with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia |
| title_short | Biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra-marathon races, with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia |
| title_sort | biochemical changes in athletes during marathon and ultra marathon races with special reference to the incidence and prevention of hypoglycaemia |
| topic | Sports Science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25628 |
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