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Effects of Rapid Weight Loss on Kidney Function in Combat Sport Athletes

Nemanja Lakicevic, Antonio Paoli, Roberto Roklicer, Tatjana Trivic, Darinka Korovljev, Sergej M Ostojic, Patrizia Proia, Antonino Bianco, Patrik Drid. 2021. Medicina.

Read the full textDOI 10.3390/medicina57060551PubMed 34072641

The medical question

How do preparation and weight-management practices affect a fighter’s health?

This evidence helps define research questions about the medical consequences of preparation, dehydration and recovery. It connects the demands of making weight with the Fight Medicine Research Institute’s wider responsibility for a fighter’s health.

Summary

The review examined changes in kidney-related blood and urine measurements following rapid weight loss in combat-sport athletes.

What the abstract reports

  • The review covered studies of healthy athletes who lost about 5% of body weight within a week or less.
  • Most included studies reported higher creatinine, blood urea nitrogen and urine specific gravity after rapid weight loss.
  • The authors interpret these changes as dehydration and acute kidney damage.

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Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Systematic literature review in Medicina. PubMed publication type: Journal Article; Review.

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31 May 2021
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