Abstract:Individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) suffer a greater number of urinary tract infections and hyponatraemia; the prevalence rate for hyponatraemia is approximately 5-10% (1) compared with the general population for whom the prevalence is 1 % in the USA (2) . Both conditions are related to inappropriate fluid intakes (3) . There is at present no information on the fluid balance of individuals with an SCI.Total body water (TBW) and water turnover rates (WTR) of ten international-level wheelchair rugby play… Show more
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