Roundtable consensus statement: Youth football: Heat stress and injury risk

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1421-1430

  Bergeron, Michael F ^a   McKeag, Douglas B ^a   Casa, Douglas J ^a   Clarkson, Priscilla M ^a   Dick, Randall W ^a   Eichner, E Randy ^a   Horswill, Craig A ^a   Luke, Anthony C ^a   Mueller, Frederick ^a   Munce, Thayne A ^a   Roberts, William O ^a   Rowland, Thomas W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOTBALL; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPORT INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEAT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOTBALL; GUIDELINES; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; UNITED STATES; WATER;

EID: 23944483379     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000174891.46893.82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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