Rapid weight loss can increase the risk of acute kidney injury in wrestlers.

Tatjana TrivicRoberto RoklicerNatasa ZenicToni ModricAleksandra MilovancevMirka Lukic-SarkanovicNemanja MaksimovicAntonino BiancoAttilio CarraroPatrik Drid

Published in: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine (2023)

It is evident that high-intensity specific training combined with rapid weight loss significantly affects the increase in kidney function markers compared with identical training without rapid weight loss. The findings in this study suggest that rapid body mass reduction is associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury in wrestlers.

Keyphrases

weight loss
high intensity
bariatric surgery
loop mediated isothermal amplification
roux en y gastric bypass
gastric bypass
type diabetes
physical activity
skeletal muscle
body composition