Sports anemia, iron supplements, and blood doping.
Med Sci Sports Exerc
; 24(9 Suppl): S315-8, 1992 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-1406203
ABSTRACT
1) Athletes tend to have lower hemoglobin concentrations than sedentary counterparts. This has been called sports anemia, a misnomer. 2) Sports anemia is a false anemia and a beneficial adaptation to aerobic exercise, caused by an expanded plasma volume that dilutes red blood cells. 3) Athletes, however, can also develop true anemia, most commonly caused by iron deficiency. True anemia curbs athletic performance, but nonanemic iron deficiency does not. 4) Iron supplements are useful for women endurance athletes who repeatedly develop iron deficiency anemia despite dietary advice. 5) Some endurance athletes today are blood doping by abusing recombinant human erythropoietin (rEPO). They risk dying to win.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Resistência Física
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Medicina Esportiva
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Exercício Físico
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Dopagem Esportivo
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Ferro
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article