Relationship of Perceived Thirst to Measures of Hydration During

University of Connecticut OpenCommons@UConn Doctoral Dissertations University of Connecticut Graduate School 8-8-2016 Relationship of Perceived Thirst to Measures of Hydration During and Following Exercise Lesley W Vandermark University of Connecticut, lesley.vandermark@uconn.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations Recommended Citation Vandermark, Lesley W., "Relationship of Perceived Thirst to Measures of Hydration During and Following Exercise" (2016) Doctoral Dissertations 1201 https://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/1201 Relationship of Perceived Thirst to Measures of Hydration During and Following Exercise Lesley Willis Vandermark, PhD University of Connecticut, 2016 The purposes of these investigations were to describe the relationship of thirst to hydration during exercise, and to determine the impact of fluid volume on thirst following exercise Eleven males completed four treadmill exercise trials of up to 180 minutes in a warm environment (35°C, 30% RH), then a 1-hour seated recovery Two trials began euhydrated, and two hypohydrated Fluid was given in one trial during exercise to match sweat rate During recovery, participants were grouped to receive either a Small (1% of body mass (BM)) or Large (4% of BM) fluid bolus Immediately post-exercise (IPE), there was a relationship between Thirst and body mass loss (BML) (p