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No data exist on whether this practice affects aerobic performance or thermoregulation.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To determine if drinking 2 mL\/kg body mass of PJ, hypertonic saline, or deionized water (DIW) pre-exercise affects aerobic performance or thermoregulation.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Crossover study.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Controlled laboratory study.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Patients or Other Participants:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Nine euhydrated men (age = 22 \u00b1 3 years, height = 184.0 \u00b1 8.2 cm, mass = 82.6 \u00b1 16.0 kg) completed testing.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Intervention(s):<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Participants rested for 65 minutes. During this period, they ingested 2 mL\/kg of PJ, hypertonic saline, or DIW. Next, they drank 5 mL\/kg of DIW. Blood was collected before and after ingestion of all fluids. Participants were weighed and ran in the heat (temperature = 38.3\u00b0C \u00b1 1\u00b0C, relative humidity = 21.1% \u00b1 4.7%) at increasing increments of maximal heart rate (50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%) until exhaustion or until rectal temperature exceeded 39.5\u00b0C. Participants were weighed postexercise so we could calculate sweat volume.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s):<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Time to exhaustion, rectal temperature, changes in plasma volume, and sweat volume.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Time to exhaustion did not differ among drinks (PJ = 77.4 \u00b1 5.9 minutes, hypertonic saline = 77.4 \u00b1 4.0 minutes, DIW = 75.7 \u00b1 3.2 minutes; F2,16 = 1.1, P = .40). Core temperature of participants was similar among drinks (PJ = 38.7\u00b0C \u00b1 0.3\u00b0C, hypertonic saline = 38.7\u00b0C \u00b1 0.4\u00b0C, DIW = 38.8\u00b0C \u00b1 0.4\u00b0C; P = .74) but increased from pre-exercise (36.7\u00b0C \u00b1 0.2\u00b0C) to postexercise (38.7\u00b0C \u00b1 0.4\u00b0C) (P &amp;lt; .05). No differences were observed for changes in plasma volume or sweat volume among drinks (P &amp;gt; .05).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Ingesting small amounts of PJ or hypertonic saline with water did not affect performance or select thermoregulatory measures. 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