Performance enhancement in rally car drivers via heat acclimation and race simulation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 701-707

  Walker, Scott M ^a   Dawson, Brian ^a   Ackland, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat acclimation; Motor sport; Psychomotor performance; Race simulation; Rectal temperature; Skin temperature; Sweat loss; Thermal strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0035079858     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00276-8     Document Type: Article

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