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dc.contributor.authorPollock, N.
dc.contributor.authorChakraverty, R.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, I.
dc.contributor.authorKiller, Sophie C.
dc.contributor.illustrator
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-26T12:22:39Z
dc.date.available2021-01-26T00:00:00Z
dc.date.available2021-01-26T12:22:39Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-12
dc.identifier.citationPollock N, Chakraverty R, Taylor I, Killer SC (2020) 'An 8-year analysis of magnesium status in elite international track & field athletes', Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 39 (5), pp.443-449.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0731-5724
dc.identifier.pmid31829845
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07315724.2019.1691953
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/624788
dc.description.abstractMagnesium plays a critical role in athlete health and performance. It is involved in numerous physiological mechanisms that support energy production, immune function, pain modulation, muscle function and bone health. Athletes may be susceptible to magnesium deficiency due to an increased utilization during exercise.Objective: This study reports on the magnesium status of 192 Olympic and Paralympic athletes over the course of eight years.Methods: Athletes on the British Athletics world class performance plan undertook blood testing for Red Cell Magnesium status. Their history of tendon pain, muscle and bone injury, ethnicity, sporting event and gender were also recorded. 510 samples from 192 athletes were included in the study.Results: On at least one blood test during the study time, 22% of athletes were identified as clinically deficient (<1.19 mmol/L). The average red cell magnesium concentration was 1.34 nmol/L. Magnesium was significantly lower in female athletes and those with Black or Mixed-Race ethnicity and was higher in Throws athletes and Paralympians with Cerebral Palsy. Athletes with a history of achilles or patella tendon pain had significantly lower magnesium levels than average.Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of investigating magnesium within this population to identify deficiency and support athlete health. Several areas for future work are identified to explore the relationship between magnesium and gender, ethnicity and tendon pain and muscle injury in athletes. Furthermore, new guidelines for magnesium status within athletics populations are proposed.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07315724.2019.1691953en_US
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectC600 Sports Scienceen_US
dc.titleAn 8-year analysis of magnesium status in elite international track & field athletesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1541-1087
dc.contributor.departmentBritish Athleticsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentBritish Athletics Medical Teamen_US
dc.contributor.departmentThe Football Associationen_US
dc.contributor.departmentLoughborough Universityen_US
dc.identifier.journalJournal of the American College of Nutritionen_US
dc.date.updated2021-01-26T12:19:06Z
dc.description.notefull text from Loughborough repo at https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/An_8-year_analysis_of_magnesium_status_in_elite_international_track_field_athletes/11925432 added 03.03.2020


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