ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2023
Rapid weight loss can increase the risk of acute kidney injury in wrestlers.
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- Sleep quality in Olympic and non-Olympic combat sports: associations with sex, rapid weight loss, and sport age (a PSQI-based analysis).Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Anthropometric Characteristics and Body Composition Changes in a Five-Time Olympic Champion in Greco-Roman Wrestling: A Longitudinal Case Study Towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Weight cycling and relative energy deficiency in sport syndrome in an elite female muaythai athlete: a case study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Physiological and psychological effects of weight loss-induced stress before a competition in senior wrestlers.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Analysis of the diet, weight-loss behavior, and nutritional knowledge of athletes and coaches in weightclass sports: influence of a coach's nutritional knowledge on athletes.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Article
- Primary Care Considerations for the Adolescent Wrestler.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2024Review
- Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with rapid weight loss among former elite combat sports athletes in Serbia.BMC public health · 2024Article
- It's just how we do it: social processes in rapid weight loss for combat sports.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Determination of weight loss methods and effects among wrestlers before an official championship.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: Restrictive diets, forced starvation or voluntary weight loss are attracting more and more attention from scientists. Overall trends show that about 80% of combat sports athletes use specific methods of reducing body mass. Rapid weight loss could be a risk factor for kidney-related adverse outcomes. This study aimed to examine the impact of high-intensity specific training combined with rapid weight loss in the first and without rapid weight loss in the second phases on body composition and biochemical markers of kidney function. Methods: The study was conducted on 12 male wrestlers. Kidney function markers were measured, including blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, uric acid and serum Cystatin-C. Alterations in analysed markers were noted in both phases of the research. Results: According to the data, a significant increase was noted in blood urea nitrogen (p=0.002), uric acid (p=0.000) and serum creatinine (p=0.006) during the first phase in comparison with the second phase. The levels of serum Cystatin-C were slightly elevated after both phases compared with the initial measurement. Conclusion: 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.
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