ReviewNutrients2020
Up in the Air: Evidence of Dehydration Risk and Long-Haul Flight on Athletic Performance.
Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Flying Following Breast Augmentation. How Safe is it? An Evidence-Based Report of 20 Years of Experience.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Optimizing Athlete Travel for Performance: A Scientific Blueprint for Athletes, Coaches, and Sports Medicine Staff.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Strengthening recovery, enduring sleep. An ecologically valid assessment of sleep quantity and quality in hybrid athletes: does training mode matter?European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Do Long-Haul Travel and Jet Lag Affect Athletes' Physiological, Humoral and Performance Outcomes? A Systematic Narrative Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Multi-Omics Profiling of Individuals Sustaining Extreme Physical Stressors.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A review of nutritional recommendations for scuba divers.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Review
- Fitness to fly for children and adolescents after Fontan palliation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Are the Parameters of Novel Two-Point Force-Velocity Model Generalizable in Leg Muscles?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The microclimate of an airline cabin consists of dry, recirculated, and cool air, which is maintained at lower pressure than that found at sea level. Being exposed to this distinctive, encapsulated environment for prolonged durations, together with the short-term chair-rest immobilization that occurs during long-haul flights, can trigger distinct and detrimental reactions to the human body. There is evidence that long-haul flights promote fluid shifts to the lower extremity and induce changes in blood viscosity which may accelerate dehydration, possibly compromising an athlete's potential for success upon arrival at their destination. Surprisingly, and despite several recent systematic reviews investigating the effects of jet lag and transmeridian travel on human physiology, there has been no systematic effort to address to what extent hypohydration is a (health, performance) risk to travelers embarking on long journeys. This narrative review summarizes the rationale and evidence for why the combination of fluid balance and long-haul flight remains a critically overlooked issue for traveling persons, be it for health, leisure, business, or in a sporting context. Upon review, there are few studies which have been conducted on actual traveling athletes, and those that have provide no real evidence of how the incidence rate, magnitude, or duration of acute dehydration may affect the general health or performance of elite athletes.
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