Journal article
Magnesium and the Athlete
Current sports medicine reports, v 14(4)
Jul 2015
PMID: 26166051
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral and the second most abundant intracellular divalent cation in the body. It is a required mineral that is involved in more than 300 metabolic reactions in the body. Magnesium helps maintain normal nerve and muscle function, heart rhythm (cardiac excitability), vasomotor tone, blood pressure, immune system, bone integrity, and blood glucose levels and promotes calcium absorption. Because of magnesium's role in energy production and storage, normal muscle function, and maintenance of blood glucose levels, it has been studied as an ergogenic aid for athletes. This article will cover the general roles of magnesium, magnesium requirements, and assessment of magnesium status as well as the dietary intake of magnesium and its effects on exercise performance. The research articles cited were limited from those published in 2003 through 2014.
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- Title
- Magnesium and the Athlete
- Creators
- Stella Lucia Volpe - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Current sports medicine reports, v 14(4)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Nutrition Sciences
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000361038100006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84953886484
- Other Identifier
- 991019173615804721
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