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    Practical Hydration Solutions for Sports
    (MDPI, 2019) Belval, Luke N.; Hosokawa, Yuri; Casa, Douglas J.; Adams, William M.; Armstrong, Lawrence E.; Baker, Lindsay B.; Burke, Louise; Cheuvront, Samuel; Chiampas, George; Gonzalez-Alonso, Jose; Huggins, Robert A.; Kavouras, Stavros A.; Lee, Elaine C.; McDermott, Brendon P.; Miller, Kevin; Schlader, Zachary; Sims, Stacy; Stearns, Rebecca L.; Troyanos, Chris; Wingo, Jonathan; University of Connecticut; Waseda University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Greensboro; Australian Institute of Sport; Brunel University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix; University of Arkansas Fayetteville; Central Michigan University; State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo; University of Waikato; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
    Personalized hydration strategies play a key role in optimizing the performance and safety of athletes during sporting activities. Clinicians should be aware of the many physiological, behavioral, logistical and psychological issues that determine both the athlete's fluid needs during sport and his/her opportunity to address them; these are often specific to the environment, the event and the individual athlete. In this paper we address the major considerations for assessing hydration status in athletes and practical solutions to overcome obstacles of a given sport. Based on these solutions, practitioners can better advise athletes to develop practices that optimize hydration for their sports.