Cooling athletes before competition in the heat: Comparison of techniques and practical considerations

Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 671-682

  Quod, Marc J ^a,b   Martin, David T ^a   Laursen, Paul B ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPETITION; COOLING; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; PHYSICAL STRESS; REVIEW; SPORTS MEDICINE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; COLD TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746679389     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 01121642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200636080-00004     Document Type: Review

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