recovery from injury and/or performance
For the Fluid intake topic, provide an in depth review of the current literature and the issues that relates to the recovery from injury and/or performance.

Assignment Outcomes:
€¢ Provide a concise but comprehensive background to the chosen topic and its importance in Sports Rehabilitation
€¢ Analyse the current research in the chosen area and highlight the key issues that relate to recovery from performance and/or performance.

1. Background of chosen condition 20%
€¢ Thorough description of topic
€¢ Clear understanding of key aspects of chosen topic and the relevance to sports rehabilitation and/or performance

2. Critical Review & Key Issues 60%
€¢ Detailed analysis of the chosen topic
€¢ Critical review of current literature
€¢ Clear outline of key current issues in the chosen topic
€¢ Clear link to sports rehabilitation and/or performance practice

3. Conclusion 10%
€¢ Thorough concluding statement
€¢ Clear and well-structured summary of key points
€¢ Demonstrates ability to review and apply knowledge gained in research

4. Overall impression (including referencing) 10%
€¢ Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of chosen topic area and implications to sports rehabilitation
€¢ Correct referencing in line with college procedures

 
Structure of the essay-is made by me, however, I’m at better suggestions.
Essay outline:
€¢ Hydration for physiological and psychological function
€¢ Dehydration
€¢ Hyponatremia
€¢ Composition of drinks
€¢ Rehydration strategies

1.Functions of Water:
€¢ Water body mass
€¢ Water in blood €“ main constituent of blood plasma
€¢ Transport oxygen via haemoglobin in red blood cells
€¢ Transport nutrients-give e.g.
€¢ Transport waste products-give e.g.
€¢ Transport of medication and supplements-give e.g
€¢ Delivery of hormones-give e.g
€¢ Delivery of buffering agents-give e.g
€¢ Thermoregulation i.e.
€¢ Determinant of blood pressure (cardiovascular function) n.b.
2. Brain Function
€¢ Brain controls thirst and water excretion from kidneys.
€¢ Mental performance: attention and concentration
€¢ Early signs: light-head, dizzy, irritable, headache.
€¢ Dehydration: l body weigh toss
€¢ More dehydrated, symptoms more severe: clumsiness, dim vision, exhaustion, delirium.
€¢ 10+% loss can be life threatening.

3. Dehydration
€¢ Loss of body fluids can stop you in your tracks long before your fuel reserves run low
€¢ Inadequate amount of fluid in the body
€¢ Symptoms of dehydration
€¢ Thirst is not a good indicator of hydration status

4. Fluid requirements
€¢ Temperate weather
€¢ Hot weather

5. Fluid during exerciseHOW and WHY? Questions needs to be answered to the following bullet points
€¢ Athletes sweat rate L/hour
€¢ Hot environment athletes sweat rate L/hour
€¢ Fluid intake much less than fluid loss, leads to voluntary dehydration
€¢ Dehydration during exercise (how and why affects: blood volume, muscle and skin in exercise, oxygen, body temperature, heart rate
€¢ Electrolyte loss influence: sweat; osmolality; concentration influenced by sweat rate, training state-acclimatisation; urine production

6. Dehydration and performance (running)-use table, figures, diagrams. HOW and WHY? Questions needs to be answered to the following bullet points
€¢ Chronic dehydration-how affects: the body weight, running time, running speed, length of running
€¢ Mild dehydration can affect the ability to make decisions and performance complex skills?
€¢ Dehydration and different illnesses e.g of illnesses
€¢ Dehydration can lead to life-threatening conditions

7. Effects of dehydration (use tables, charts and/or figures)
8. Recommendations for:
€¢ Temperature (heat, cold)
€¢ Exercise duration/intensity:
€¢ Altitude
€¢ Sweating
€¢ Is it possible to provide specific individual guidelines?

9. Estimating level of hydration (use chart or tables)
€¢ Monitoring urine volume output and colour
€¢ Weighing before and after exercise (weight loss, weight gain)
€¢ What ACSM recommend?

10. How is determining the percentage of body weight loss? (equation and example of how the equation is used)
11. Hyponatremia
€¢ What is it?
€¢ When is occurring?
€¢ What is resulting from?
€¢ What is making it worse?
€¢ What are the causes of the hyponatremia?
€¢ What damage can cause to the body/brain?
€¢ Examples of recorded cases/sever cases in ultra-endurance athletes (how they’ve been affected and why?)
€¢ Signs and symptoms

12. Composition of drinks/fluids (use charts and tables)
€¢ Hypotonic
€¢ Isotonic
€¢ Hypertonic

13. When to drink and how much to drink?
€¢ Before exercise
€¢ During exercise
€¢ After exercise
€¢ How sodium can influence the fluid absorption?

14. Summary/Conclusion
15. Referencesneeds to be in a format of British Journal of Sports Medicine.