Prevalence, Magnitude and Methods of Rapid Weight Loss Reported by Male Mixed Martial Arts Athletes in Ireland.

combat sports dehydration hot bath water loading weight category weight-making

Journal

Sports (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2075-4663
Titre abrégé: Sports (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101722684

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 Sep 2019
Historique:
received: 28 06 2019
revised: 31 07 2019
accepted: 03 09 2019
entrez: 12 9 2019
pubmed: 12 9 2019
medline: 12 9 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Rapid weight loss (RWL) is frequently practiced in weight category sports, including Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). The aim of the present study was to describe self-reported methods of RWL in a sample of competitive MMA athletes comprising of both amateur and professional fighters. The previously-validated Rapid Weight Loss Questionnaire, with the addition of questions on water loading and hot salt baths, was completed anonymously online by athletes (n = 30; all male, n = 15/15 professional/amateur) from MMA clubs around Dublin, Ireland. All but one (97%) of the athletes surveyed lost weight in order to compete, with the average weight loss being 7.9% ± 3.1% of habitual body mass. The RWL score (mean ± SD) for this sample was 37.9 ± 9.6, and a tendency for higher [6.0 (95%CI; -1.1, 13.1) (

Identifiants

pubmed: 31505745
pii: sports7090206
doi: 10.3390/sports7090206
pmc: PMC6783947
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

John Connor (J)

School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin D09 V209, Ireland.

Brendan Egan (B)

School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin D09 V209, Ireland. brendan.egan@dcu.ie.
National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin D09 V209, Ireland. brendan.egan@dcu.ie.

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