Heat Illness Symptom Index (HISI): A novel instrument for the assessment of heat illness in athletes

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 340-345

  Coris, Eric E ^a   Walz, Stephen M ^a   Duncanson, Robert ^a   Ramirez, Arnold M ^a   Roetzheim, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Exercise; Heat cramps; Heat exhaustion; Heat illness; Heat stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FOOTBALL; HEAT ILLNESS SYMPTOM INDEX; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CRAMP; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; EXERTION; FOOTBALL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 33646483351     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000209285.96906.0f     Document Type: Article

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