Ramadan : The impact of fasting on hydration status towards elite football players on consecutive training session / Muhammad Rasydan Abdul Malek

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Ramadan fasting on
hydration status towards elite football players during consecutive training session. A
total of twenty football players of UITM FC (N=20) were selected via purposive
sampling participated in this study. The participants were age 22.5±1.395cm, weight
65.35±8.l3kg and height 1.69±O.2373 respectively . In four days of training session
during Ramadan, hydration status measures were made before and after training
session. The urine specific gravity, urine pH level, urine color and urine volume are the
parameters were used to measures hydration status. Result showed that there was a
significant difference (p<O.05) in urine specific gravity, urine color and urine volume
before and after training session. In the urine pH level, result showed that there was no
significant difference (p>O.05) before and after training session. As for the conclusion,
the findings in this study indicated that urine specific gravity, urine color and urine
volume showed significant results among Malaysia elite football players during
Ramadan fasting. However, after four days of training session, there was no significant
changed of urine pH level as the player were in hypohydrated state after training
session.