Metabolic and thermoregulatory responses to a simulated American football practice in the heat

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 710-717

  Hitchcock, Kristen M ^a   Millard Stafford, Melinda L ^a   Phillips, Jeremy M ^a   Snow, Teresa K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Energy cost; Heat illness; Uniform; Urine specific gravity

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EQUIPMENT; FOOTBALL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RELATIVE DENSITY; THERMOREGULATION; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FOOTBALL; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; LACTATES; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34548601277     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-20916.1     Document Type: Article

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