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abstractMagnesium
supplementation in top athletes - effects and recommendations Adriana Sarah Nica1,
Adela
Caramoci2, Mirela Vasilescu3,
Anca Mirela
Ionescu2, Denis Paduraru4,
Virgil
Mazilu4 1Departament
of Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila,
Bucharest, Romania 2Departament
of Sports
Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, 3Department
of Kinetotherapy and Sports Medicine, University of Craiova, 4National
Institute of Sports Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
Magnesium
is a cofactor involved in many enzymatic systems, being necessary for
protein synthesis, functioning of nervous and muscular systems,
regulation of blood pressure and glycaemia, bone metabolism. A low
dietary intake of magnesium is very common in general population.
Additionally, there are categories of population that are even more
predisposed to hypomagnesaemia. Top athletes represent a population
category predisposed to magnesium deficiency due to increased urinary
and sudorific losses, and in case of heavyweight disciplines, due to a
decreased dietary intake. Many studies supported the role of magnesium
in athletic performance and showed that magnesium increased the
physical endurance and improved the force indices and muscle metabolism
in athletes that had a rich diet in magnesium or received magnesium
supplements. It is still uncertain whether the positive effects of
magnesium supplementation in athletic performance are due to
pharmacological actions of magnesium itself or to the reversal of a
preexisting magnesium deficiency. Therefore, the purpose of this
article is briefly review of Magnesium importance in human health and
athletics performance, various hypotheses that may explain magnesium's
physiologic action mechanisms but also possible pathways for magnesium
deficiency’s correction.
Key
words:magnesium,
athlete, deficiency, supplementation
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