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Effect Of Physical Exercises On Serum Electrolyte

2014; International organization of Scientific Research (IOSR); Volume: 13; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.9790/0853-1392118121

2279-0861

Ugwuja Smauel Emenike, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu, Ochei Kingsley Chinedum, Ogbu Robert Okechukwu, Agoha Silas Chineneye,

Sports Performance and Training

The effect of physical exercise on serum electrolyte was estimated in this work with interest on the effect of short duration exercise(45 minutes) on serum sodium,potassium,chloride and bicarbonate.The samples for analysis were collected randomly from athletes,football players,volley ball players and handball players at two instatnts,pre-exercise and post-exrecise.Samples were also collected from individuals not active in these physical exercises as control.The mean values and standard error mean for pre and post-exercise samples were respectively 139.26± 0.18 and 137.36± 0.16,for Na + ,4.33± 0.003 and 4.04± 0.02,for K + ,101.25±0.15 and 98.32± 0.14 for Cl -and 27.94± 0.19 and 25.60± 0.23 for HCO 3 -.The values for the control correlated well with pre-exrecise values.The findings of this work showed that in short duration exercise,accompanied with sweating,the serum electrolytes are usually decreased but at variable rate.