Nutritional Considerations for Para-Cycling Athletes: A Narrative Review

Para-cycling is a sport including athletes with different disabilities competing on the track and on the roads using bicycles, tandems, tricycles, and handbikes. Scientific literature in this special population is scarce, especially in the field of sports nutrition. This review summarizes the physio...

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Autor principal:	Joelle Leonie Flueck
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	paralympic cycling sports nutrition disability supplementation Sports GV557-1198.995
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d6832ce7db5a4b3299def338e326b4992021-11-25T19:00:06ZNutritional Considerations for Para-Cycling Athletes: A Narrative Review10.3390/sports91101542075-4663https://doaj.org/article/d6832ce7db5a4b3299def338e326b4992021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/9/11/154https://doaj.org/toc/2075-4663Para-cycling is a sport including athletes with different disabilities competing on the track and on the roads using bicycles, tandems, tricycles, and handbikes. Scientific literature in this special population is scarce, especially in the field of sports nutrition. This review summarizes the physiological aspects and demands of para-cycling. This information together with the existing literature on nutritional interventions in this population, helps to discuss the nutritional considerations. To date, only a limited amount of recommendations are available for this population. In most para-cycling athletes, a reduction in active muscle mass and consequently a reduction in resting energy expenditure occurs, except for visually impaired athletes. Furthermore, carbohydrate and protein intake and hydration, supplementation, heat, and weight loss need to be tailored to the disability-specific adaptations such as the reduced active muscle mass, neurogenic bladder, and bowel, a reduced metabolic cost during exercise, and a higher risk of micronutrient deficiency.Joelle Leonie FlueckMDPI AGarticleparalympiccyclingsports nutritiondisabilitysupplementationSportsGV557-1198.995ENSports, Vol 9, Iss 154, p 154 (2021)
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description	Para-cycling is a sport including athletes with different disabilities competing on the track and on the roads using bicycles, tandems, tricycles, and handbikes. Scientific literature in this special population is scarce, especially in the field of sports nutrition. This review summarizes the physiological aspects and demands of para-cycling. This information together with the existing literature on nutritional interventions in this population, helps to discuss the nutritional considerations. To date, only a limited amount of recommendations are available for this population. In most para-cycling athletes, a reduction in active muscle mass and consequently a reduction in resting energy expenditure occurs, except for visually impaired athletes. Furthermore, carbohydrate and protein intake and hydration, supplementation, heat, and weight loss need to be tailored to the disability-specific adaptations such as the reduced active muscle mass, neurogenic bladder, and bowel, a reduced metabolic cost during exercise, and a higher risk of micronutrient deficiency.
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title	Nutritional Considerations for Para-Cycling Athletes: A Narrative Review
title_short	Nutritional Considerations for Para-Cycling Athletes: A Narrative Review
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Nutritional Considerations for Para-Cycling Athletes: A Narrative Review

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