Effects of a multi-hour immersion with intermittent exercise on urinary excretion and tilt table tolerance in athletes and nonathletes.
The circulatory and diuretic responses of athletes and non-athletes to 6-h water i-mersion with intermittent swimming exercise (series I) as well as to 8-h inactive immersions (series II) were studied. With simultaneous intermittent exercise, the normally arising diuresis during a water bath was strongly suppressed in athletes and even abolished in nonathletes. In subsequent tilt table tests, 3 of 11 (27.3%) athletes of series I and 3 of 4 (75%) of series II collapsed, whereas all nonathletes tolerated the vertical position without any subjective complaints. By use of the so-called "orthostatic index" (4) the later group, however, was also shown to yield a substantially better orthostatic stability in series I than in series II. The protective effect of intermittent physical activity for simulation of the weightless state can possibly be explained by assuming a less-reduced plasma volume via a diminished urinary excretion.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D004231:Diuresis; D006801:Humans; D007101:Immersion; D008297:Male; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011187:Posture; D013178:Sports Medicine; D013997:Time Factors